Inside Iran's 'war of attrition' on journalists
For nearly 200 years, Iranian journalists have fought for survival in a country that has treated them as enemies - but now this pressure has become "backbreaking"
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For nearly 200 years, Iranian journalists have fought for survival in a country that has treated them as enemies - but now this pressure has become "backbreaking"
Numerous journalists have been silenced and witnesses to brutality fear the consequences of speaking out.
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