Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Oct. 21 Bodyguards of Irans hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad beat up several reporters during an international Quran exhibition on Thursday. Iran Focus
Tehran, Iran, Oct. 21 Bodyguards of Irans hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad beat up several reporters during an international Quran exhibition on Thursday.
Reporters from the state-run news agencies, Fars News, Mehr News, and ILNA, as well as Irans state television were beaten up by Ahmadinejads bodyguards as they attempted to interview the hard-line President during the ceremony, a report by Fars news agency said.
The report added that the journalists were also sworn at and threatened by Ahmadinejads bodyguards.
Separately, the international media watchdog, Reporters Without Borders, ranked Iran at 164 out of 167 nations in its 2005 annual press freedoms index.
