{"id":706,"date":"2011-10-12T06:01:44","date_gmt":"2011-10-12T06:01:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jnews.harouta.sg-host.com\/2011\/10\/12\/iran-frees-two-of-six-jailed-journalists\/"},"modified":"2022-05-30T11:36:58","modified_gmt":"2022-05-30T07:36:58","slug":"iran-frees-two-of-six-jailed-journalists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jff.am\/en\/2011\/10\/12\/iran-frees-two-of-six-jailed-journalists\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran frees two of six jailed journalists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Iran\u2019s semi-official Fars news agency says two filmmakers arrested last month over their alleged links to BBC\u2019s Farsi-language service have been released.<\/p>\n<p>Fars said Monday that Nasser Saffarian and Mohsen Shahrnaz had been freed, without providing further details.<\/p>\n<p>The agency did not say if four other independent filmmakers detained on the same charges \u2014 providing the British Broadcasting Corp. with video and news reports perceived as damaging to Iran \u2014 would also be released.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jnews.am\/en\/iranian-minister-of-culture-considers-bbc-accusations-baseless\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tehran has accused the BBC <\/a>of operating as a cover for British intelligence and of seeking to harm Iran by hosting Iranian dissidents.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Source:&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/middle-east\/iran-frees-two-filmmakers-accused-of-providing-reports-to-bbc\/2011\/10\/10\/gIQAD1fYZL_story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Washingtonpost.com<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Iran\u2019s semi-official Fars news agency says two filmmakers arrested last month over their alleged links to BBC\u2019s Farsi-language service have been released.<\/p>\n<p>Fars said Monday that Nasser Saffarian and Mohsen Shahrnaz had been freed, without providing further details.<\/p>\n<p>The agency did not say if four other independent filmmakers detained on the same charges \u2014 providing the British Broadcasting Corp. with video and news reports perceived as damaging to Iran \u2014 would also be released.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jnews.am\/en\/iranian-minister-of-culture-considers-bbc-accusations-baseless\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tehran has accused the BBC <\/a>of operating as a cover for British intelligence and of seeking to harm Iran by hosting Iranian dissidents.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Source:&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/middle-east\/iran-frees-two-filmmakers-accused-of-providing-reports-to-bbc\/2011\/10\/10\/gIQAD1fYZL_story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Washingtonpost.com<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iran\u2019s semi-official Fars news agency says two filmmakers arrested last month over their alleged links to BBC\u2019s Farsi-language service have been released. Fars said Monday that Nasser Saffarian and Mohsen Shahrnaz had been freed, without providing further details. The agency did not say if four other independent filmmakers detained on the same charges \u2014 providing&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/jff.am\/en\/2011\/10\/12\/iran-frees-two-of-six-jailed-journalists\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Iran frees two of six jailed journalists<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4483,2226],"tags":[],"aboutus":[],"home":[],"authors":[],"position":[],"class_list":["post-706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles-en","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Iran frees two of six jailed journalists - jff.am<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/jff.am\/en\/2011\/10\/12\/iran-frees-two-of-six-jailed-journalists\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Iran frees two of six jailed journalists - jff.am\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Iran\u2019s semi-official Fars news agency says two filmmakers arrested last month over their alleged links to BBC\u2019s Farsi-language service have been released. 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