Arrested Photog: Journos Being Harassed by Iranian Officials

E&P's sister mag Photo District News has posted an interview with a recently arrested, unidentified European photographer in Tehran who spoke about the conditions facing journalists:

While not subjected to violence, the photog says, "other colleagues have not had such good luck." Other journalists described being beaten and having their cameras and memory cards destroyed.

"Before the election, things were incredible," says the photographer. "You'd have pro-Mousavi supporters and pro-Ahmadinejad supporters on the same street not even two meters apart screaming their slogans and absolutely no violence. Very moving. It was something I could not imagine in Europe.

"Some guys from French TV got their cameras smashed," the person adds. "I met a journalist for the Globe and Mail in Toronto who told me he had been beaten."