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Actually in the last 10 years it only got worse in Iran , since the 2009 Iranian doomed election.
That was the final death blow to free journalism in Iran, after that all free journals where shut down and any blogger failing to follow mullah line risked a visit to Evin prison.
You don't need to do much more that to scare, and shut up all the others .
Don't know why you pretend to be surprised , when Iran is ranked almost last when it comes to freedom of the press.
Are you sure you want to compete with a democracy when it comes to freedom of the press ?
The only reason you have the nerve to argue about it , is cause you lived in a dictatorship for too long.
You have no idea what it is like to live in a democracy , or you would know you really have no leg to stand on , in this argument.
Here is what Iranian cartoonist , Nikahang Kowsar , thinks of " free press in Iran :
Maybe you can explain why artists like Nikahang Kowsar , no longer work in Iran but imigrated to where they can work in freedom , long ago . . .
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