Newsweek Defends Reporter Detained in Iran
Maziar Bahari, Newsweek reporter on Iran was asleep at 7 a.m. when security officers showed up to his Tehran apartment to seize his laptop, several videotapes and to take him into custody. Newsweek‘s Jon Meacham quickly issued a statement condemning the detention of Bahari and calling for his immediate release. That was ten days ago.
Today, the magazine is again calling for Bahari’s release in the below statement:
“Maziar Bahari has been detained in Iran since June 21 without access to a lawyer.
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