Iran’s ‘wanted posters’ for London journalists

LONDON-BASED journalists have had their faces posted on “Wanted: dead or alive” posters published by Iranian state-linked media.

The reporters work for the Iran International TV channel, which has covered the protests that have rocked the country.

It came as the Metropolitan Police warned two Farsilanguage reporters also from the same news outlet had received “credible, significant” threats to their lives.

Yesterday, Iran issued its first death sentence over the protests, the judiciary’s website Mizan Online reported.

The accused was sentenced to death for “setting fire to a government building, disturbing public order, assembly and conspiracy to commit a crime against national security, and (being) an enemy of God”, one of the most serious offences under Iranian law.

James Cleverly, the Foreign Secretary, said: “We do not tolerate threats to life and intimidation of any kind towards journalists, or any individual living in the UK.”

At least 326 people have been killed in a crackdown on protests against the Iranian regime since they began in September after a young woman, Mahsa Amini, died in police custody.

Meanwhile, Emmanuel Macron, the French president, drew Iran’s ire after praising four prominent female dissidents for the “revolution they are leading”. In a closed-door meeting, the women presented the French government with a list of demands including sanctions on officials behind the crackdown.