{"id":703,"date":"2024-04-01T10:49:50","date_gmt":"2024-04-01T10:49:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.human-rights-iran.org\/hri\/?p=703"},"modified":"2024-04-01T10:49:50","modified_gmt":"2024-04-01T10:49:50","slug":"attack-on-iranian-journalist-in-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.human-rights-iran.org\/hri\/archives\/703","title":{"rendered":"Attack on Iranian journalist in London"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/www.human-rights-iran.org\/hri\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/kd_med_at_logo_en_b1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-109\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.human-rights-iran.org\/hri\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/kd_med_at_logo_en_b1.png 640w, https:\/\/www.human-rights-iran.org\/hri\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/kd_med_at_logo_en_b1-300x150.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We, the Committee for the Defense of Human Rights in Iran &#8211; Austria and Medical Professionals for Human Rights in Iran &#8211; Austria, would like to express our deep concern about the attack on Iranian journalist Pouria Zeraati in London.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is deeply disturbing that a journalist dedicated to disseminating information from whatever angle has been the victim of such a violent attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The attack on the television journalist is a blatant violation of human rights in two ways: It is an attack on the universally enshrined human right to life and, at the same time, an attack on the freedom of expression and freedom of the press of free journalism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is crucial that we stand together against such attacks and make it clear that violence against journalists is unacceptable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We hope that the attacker(s) will soon be found and brought to justice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We wish the victim of this act of terror, Mr. Pouria Zeraati, a speedy recovery and a speedy resumption of his work as a journalist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Prof. Dr. Siroos Mirzaei<\/strong><br>Medical Professionals for Human Rights&nbsp; in Iran \u2013 Austria<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Dr. Behrouz Bayat<\/strong><br>Committee for the Defence of Human Rights in Iran<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Vienna, 03.31.2024<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We, the Committee for the Defense of Human Rights in Iran &#8211; Austria and Medical Professionals for Human Rights in Iran &#8211; Austria, would like to express our deep concern about the attack on Iranian journalist Pouria Zeraati in London. It is deeply disturbing that a journalist dedicated to disseminating information from whatever angle has been the victim of such<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.human-rights-iran.org\/hri\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/703"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.human-rights-iran.org\/hri\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.human-rights-iran.org\/hri\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.human-rights-iran.org\/hri\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.human-rights-iran.org\/hri\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=703"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.human-rights-iran.org\/hri\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/703\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":704,"href":"https:\/\/www.human-rights-iran.org\/hri\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/703\/revisions\/704"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.human-rights-iran.org\/hri\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.human-rights-iran.org\/hri\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.human-rights-iran.org\/hri\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.human-rights-iran.org\/hri\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}