Iran charges American journalist with espionage

Iran charges American journalist with espionage

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An American journalist jailed for more than two months in Iran has been charged with spying for the U.S., a judge said Wednesday, dashing hopes of a quick release days after her parents arrived in the country seeking her freedom.

The espionage charge is far more serious than earlier statements by Iranian officials that the woman had been arrested for working in the Islamic Republic without press credentials and her own assertion in a phone call to her father that she was arrested after buying a bottle of wine.

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It seems that journalists are no longer off limits in the modern world.

Gone are the days where 2 reporters and a notebook could bring down a government. These days investigative journalism is treated as spying, treason.

Not saying that this journalist isn't guilty. I don't know one way or another. Just that it seems that reporters are being cracked down on worldwide for what they can and can't explore.

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