Iran Urged to Release Reporter Who Covered School Poisonings
Paris - Leading media rights group Reporters Without Borders (RSF) on Wednesday urged Iran to release a journalist arrested after closely covering a spate of mysterious poisonings of schoolgirls, saying the detention appeared to be an attempt to silence him.
The poisonings have affected more than 5,000 students, mainly girls, since November, according to the authorities.
Rights groups based outside Iran hav