Iran: Journalist prevented from leaving Iran

Freelance journalist, Abdolreza Tajik, was banned by the Iranian government from leaving the country Tuesday.
Tajik, who is also a free speech activist, was about to board a flight to Spain at Tehran’s Imam Khomeiny airport when his passport was seized by security agents who informed him that he had been summoned to appear before a revolutionary tribunal, according to reports by Reporters Without Borders.
Tajik had planned to travel to Seville to attend a two-day seminar on “Iran and 30 years or revolution” that had been organized by the Three Cultures Foundation.
Tajik, a member of Iran’s Human Rights Defenders Centre, was a journalist for three suspended Iranian publications: Bahar (suspended in 2001), Hambastegi (suspended in 2003) and Shargh (suspended in 2008).

By Eka Obaigbena
Country: Iran