Turkey and Iran get along well when it comes to cracking down on press freedom
Once again Turkey and Iran demonstrate that they are on the same line, not only when it comes to promoting Islamism – despite the division between Sunnis and Shiites – but also when it comes to the violation of human rights and in particular the repression of freedom of print.
The one who risks paying the price for this alignment soon is Mohammad Mosaed, an Iranian journalist, who in 2020 was awarded by the American organization Committe to Protect Journalist (CPJ) for his work in the name of freedom of the press.
Mosaed was arrested for the first time in Iran in November 2019, for some messages he posted on social media, while popular protests against the rise in the price of petrol were underway. In August 2020, he was sentenced to four years and nine months in prison, charged with "threat of national security", "propaganda against the state" and for criticizing the Iranian government in a tweet for how it was doing. addressing the pandemic.
After being called twice by the Iranian judiciary to serve his sentence, Mosaed decided to flee to Turkey. Here, unfortunately, instead of receiving political asylum, he was taken from a medical center, where he was being treated, and was told that he would soon be expelled to Iran .
Reacting to news of Mosaed's possible imminent expulsion from Turkey, the CPJ issued a public statement , demanding that the reporter be released immediately. To date, unfortunately, no response has been received from the Turkish authorities.
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