More journalists arrested in Iran

According to the international organization Reporters Without Borders, the number of domestic journalists arrested in Iran has continued to rise. 17 Iranian journalists have been arrested since the beginning of the protests against the disputed presidential election, the organization announced in Berlin on Friday. A further five cases have been added to the twelve known to date: Four journalists have been arrested in the city of Bushehr in the south of the country and at least one in Rashat in the north. Most of the correspondents have already had to leave the country, according to Reporters Without Borders. If there are no more foreign observers on the ground and local journalists are persecuted, this opens the door to all forms of abuse.