United Nations Iran - United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in his message on World Press Freedom Day, 3 May 2019, while emphasizing on the essential role of free press for peace, justice, sustainable development and human rights, called on all to defend the rights of journalists. The full text of his message reads: A free press is ...

MNA The Iranian Ambassador to Baghdad Iraj Masjedi has met with Iraqi scholars, journalists and tribal leaders, during which he warned that some countries and political groups are seeking to undermine Iran-Iraq relations. In the meeting that took place on Monday in Baghdad, Iraj Masjedi said some [countries and groups] want to create disputes between ...

The New York Times - Time magazinenamed a group of journalists, including the murdered Saudi dissident Jamal Khashoggi, as its person of the year for 2018 on Tuesday, honoring their dedicated pursuit of the truth despite a war on facts and tremendous obstacles, including violence and imprisonment. The choice was a nod to the spread of misinformation ...

IRNA More than 400 journalists and photojournalists will report President Hassan Rouhani's second term oath-taking ceremony on August 5. The big event will be covered by 150 Iranian and 250-300 foreign journalists, including those from Russia Today, Euronews, MBC, CCTV, and media outlets from Iraq, Germany, and Japan. The ceremony will be broadcast ...

FNA- Israeli police Wednesday attacked journalists who were covering the continuing events at Bab al-Asbat Gate outside al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. The police also ordered the journalists to leave Bab al-Asbat area, where a sit-in been going on for 12 days by about 3,000 Palestinian protesters against the backdrop of Israels recent measures in ...

American Herald Tribune- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke honestly, perhaps for the first time, about what has been driving his recent attacks on Israeli journalists during a conference for members of the foreign press in Jerusalem Tuesday evening. During the Q&A session, one reporterasked Netanyahu about whether confrontations with local ...

Turkish authorities have reportedly issued arrest warrants for 42 journalists as Ankara continues a large-scale crackdown on anyone believed to have been connected to or sympathizedwith a recent coup attempt. Private broadcaster NTV said authorities issued the detention warrants for the journalists, including renowned commentator and former ...

Hans Jakob Ginsburg, an economic reporter working in Germanys Wirtschafts Woche, is one of the few foreign reporters permitted to visit Saudi Arabia. IRNA recently reported his experiences of visiting the Arab country. Here is IFPs translation of excerpts from his remarks made at the 3rd Transatlantic Assembly meeting entitled The Iran-Saudi Conflict ...

Tehran, Dec 29, IRNA - A total of 110 journalists were killed around the world in 2015, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said on Tuesday, warning that more were being deliberately targeted for their work in supposedly peaceful countries. Sixty-seven journalists were killed in the line of duty this year, and another 43 died in circumstances that were ...