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Iran Claims Two Detained Photographers “Confessed”
I.mn Claims Two Detained Photogmphers “Coritssed” http://www.pdnonline.oom/pdn/oontent_dlspl '/photo-riews/photoJouma... Toots for Creatives. ABOUTUS IADVERTISE ICONTACTUS IRSS ILOGIN SUBSCRIBE TO PDH 6 PDN r WEB nii i :t : Iran Claims Two Detained Photographers “Confessed” July 30, 2009 Save I E-mail I Print I Most Popular RSS Reprints By Dary l Lang Iran's official news agency says detained photojournalists Majid Saeedi and Satyar Emami have confessed to enemy behavior, a claim immediately rejected by the Committee to Protect Journalists. Saeedi, who shoots for Getty Images among other clients, was arrested July 10. Emami, who was identified by the Associated Press as working for state-owned newspaper Jamejam, was arrested July 9. State-run news agency IRNA reported Wednesday that Saeedi and Emami confessed to having ties with a movement seeking to topple the Iranian government and to sending pictures to enemy news agencies, according to CPJ, a journalists' rights group. In a staterner , CPJ Middle East and North Africa program coordinator MohamedAbdel Dayem rejected the supposed confessions. ‘Iran has a notorious record of coercing confessions from detained journalists, especially when they are held incommunicado for extended periods of time, as has been the case with Saeedi and Emami,' Dayem said. ADVERTISEMENT 18,000 sqft multiple studios full data cente drive-in access client lounge comercial kitchen ping Ofl9 the new VODA STUDIOS PON Online Store Put your lavorite photo On t-slilits, hat bags, and no — ‘ V Getty Images CEO Jonathan Klein acknowledged Saeedi's detention on inly 13 and said the agency was working for his release. As protests raged following Iran's disputed election, the government banned foreign news coverage of the protests and the ensuing violence. Many international journalists left Iran, while many local residents shared news anonymonsly throngh Ehe InEernet. The Iranian government continues to hold about 34 journalists detained during the post-election demonstrations earlier this month. Photographer Tohid Bighi was among those reported arrested July 1 1 in a )rters Withont Borders report. 0 BOOKMARK .• Save I E-mail I Print I Most Popular I RSS I Reprints Add a Comment More Gear News>> 1j i l l I i!1 I ] ‘ I : ADVERTISEMENT W RLD FOCUS ‘N. You Could Wii N 6Ni tsin N St.l.ucia! vodastu c i los.com © CARLOS SERRAO PIX Digital Imagin Co 1 of 4 7/30/2009 1:51 PM