Security agencies threatened protesters and journalists to prevent coverage of the protests.
As protests expand in Iran, reports have emerged of some protesters, civil activists, and journalists being summoned through anonymous phone calls and text messages. According to sources, these actions aim to prevent taking a stance on the elections and to limit news coverage of the protests.
Marzieh Mohabi, a lawyer, wrote on the social network X that these messages are sent to everyone whose mobile phone has been identified in the vicinity of gatherings and hold no legal value or validity and have no legal effect.
Addressing the recipients of these messages, she added that the judicial system of the Islamic Republic is illegitimate, corrupt, and unreliable, and no one knows what will happen to them after appearing, so do not pay attention even to official summons.
There are also reports of some journalists being summoned and asked to sign written commitments to refrain from taking a stance and producing content on social networks about the protests. According to sources, some of these journalists have been threatened with arrest if they ignore these demands.
Meanwhile, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has recently condemned the actions of Iranian security agencies in summoning and threatening journalists amid nationwide protests.
According to this committee’s report, after Ali Khamenei’s recent statements about dealing with protests, calls have been made to journalists, and some have been summoned to security agencies, including the Revolutionary Guards.
CPJ has called on the Iranian government to immediately end the intimidation aimed at silencing independent reporting during critical moments.