Arrest/detention/charges: Arrest/detention under other laws
The managing director and social media administrator of the Iranian Labor News Agency in Iran were arrested after a cartoon mocking the reaction of the country’s leaders to the pandemic was allegedly posted on its Telegram channel. Both men were arrested the same day. The ILNA denied the post and claimed it was wrongly accused on social media. Tehran’s prosecutor general alleges the image was published and then swiftly deleted.