We use cookies to improve our service for you. You can find more information in our data protection declaration. After his paper reported on alleged prostitution in the holy city of Mashhad, a media boss has been jailed.
Masshad is a bastion of arch-conservative support in Iran. The director of a reformist newspaper in Iran was taken into custody on Saturday after his publication featured an article on alleged prostitution.
Several people filed legal complaints against the Shargh newspaper for insulting women, the semi-official ISNA news agency reported. A judge ordered its director general, Mehdi Rahmanian, be arrested after failing to take action against the reporter. The daily said on its Instagram account that he had earlier refused a court order to discount the report and punish the journalist responsible. High unemployment, high inflation and a deepening divide between poor and wealthy Iranians: The economic crisis in Iran is a major cause of frustration for many people.
The easing of international sanctions following the nuclear deal has not improved people's living conditions as expected. The majority of protesters so far are poor Iranians.
People from major cities across the country converged on the capital, Tehran, to vent their anger when demonstrations began on December They have since expanded to cities and towns in almost every province. It is not clear who is spearheading the protests, or if anyone is leading them at all.
