Varesh, an Iranian blogger, reports [1] [Fa] that according to several news sites, Yaghoub Mehrnhad, an Iranian journalist, blogger and civil society activist,was executed in Zahedan [2]. He was accused of collaborating with a terrorist group. The blogger says it was a shocking news for Iranian civil society and Iran based news sites did not mention that Mehrnahad was a journalist.
Iran: A journalist and blogger was executed
· Written by Fred Petrossian
Categories: Middle East & North Africa, Iran, Governance, Human Rights, Protest