Iran says investigating arrest of AFP reporter

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Published Nov 06 2009 by France24 - Business

Iran says investigating arrest of AFP reporter

The Tehran prosecutor said on Friday that his office was investigating the arrest of AFP reporter Farhad Pouladi while he was covering an anti-American rally in the Iranian capital earlier this week.

"The claim about the arrest of the AFP journalist is under investigation," the official...

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