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RFE/RL prepared the following statement for release at a June 27 vigil at Dag Hammarskjold Plaza in New York City.
Iranian government officials have informed lawyers for Radio Farda correspondent Parnaz Azima that they will not return her passport and that her case will have to be decided in court.
Radio Farda correspondent Parnaz Azima, who has been prevented by authorities from leaving Iran since January 25.
Nazar Abdulwahid Al-Radhi, a correspondent for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), was shot and killed in the southern Iraqi city of Al-Amarah today.
Iranian authorities are refusing to return the passport of Radio Farda Correspondent Parnaz Azima and allow her to leave Iran.
RFE/RL President Jeffrey Gedmin expressed hope that Radio Farda correspondent Parnaz Azima may be able to leave Iran in the near future.
Broadcasting Board of Governors Chairman Kenneth Y. Tomlinson and RFE/RL President Jeffrey Gedmin condemned news that the Iranian government plans to keep RFE/RL journalist Parnaz Azima from leaving Iran for…
RFE/RL President Jeffrey Gedmin expressed concern about the fate of Parnaz Azima, an RFE/RL journalist who is currently in Iran and being prevented by authorities from leaving the country.
Iraqi journalist Khamail Muhsin Khalaf, a reporter for Radio Free Iraq, the Arabic language service of RFE/RL in Iraq, was found dead in western Baghdad on April 5, 2007.
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