Idem in the "free world". Staking gangs, purges, lynchings, assassinations

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TEHRAN'S PRESS OFFENSIVE
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The Dangers of Being a Journalist in Iran
Dozens of Iranian journalists are languishing in prison with scores more
having recently fled the country. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's regime
has been aggressive in its pursuit of critics -- and increasingly,
foreign journalists are being rounded up as well.

http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,723659,00.html#ref=nlint