By Reuters Staff
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DUBAI, May 2 (Reuters) - Iran’s envoy to the United Nations said on Sunday that an Iranian state television report that a deal had been reached between Tehran and Washington to release American prisoners could not be confirmed, Iran’s Young Journalists Club news website reported.
“The news of the agreement for the release of American prisoners (in Iran) is not confirmed,” Majid Takht Ravanchi was quoted as saying by the website, which is affiliated to state TV. (Writing by Parisa Hafezi; Editing by Hugh Lawson)
Anadolu Agency
AS THE world comes together to commemorate World Press Freedom Day on Monday, Zimbabwean scribes say they have little to celebrate.
They said that continued arrests and intimidation, even after the African country gained independence 41-years ago are more baffling.
“Zimbabwe has not fared well in as far as press freedom is concerned. Arrests of journalists, intimidation, and torture of journalists while conducting their work has continued even 41 years after independence,” Mlondolozi Ndlovu, President of the Young Journalists Association, told Anadolu Agency.
In May last year, Zimbabwean journalist Samuel Takawira, 30, was arrested for interviewing hospitalised opposition activists who had protested against the government’s alleged failure to provide relief to the poor during the Covid-19 lockdown.
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