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Demonstrators clash with Iranian police following the death of Jina Mahsa Amini
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A journalist has been prevented from leaving the country in Iran.
Nasim Sultan Beygi was arrested at the capital's airport in Tehran, the newspaper Shargh and the online medium Emtedad reported.
Her luggage had been confiscated, it said.
Further details were not initially known.
For weeks, Iranian media professionals have been hit by a wave of arrests over the latest protests.
According to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) in New York, more than 80 media workers have already been arrested during the recent protests.
Reporting opportunities in the country are massively restricted.
Iran is one of the last places in a press freedom ranking by Reporters Without Borders (RSF).
The trigger for the nationwide protests against the government's repressive course and the Islamic system of rule was the death of the Iranian Kurd Jina Mahsa Amini in September.
She died in police custody after being arrested for breaking Islamic dress codes.
Just a few days ago, sports journalist Ehsan Pirbornasch was sentenced to 18 years in prison, as "Shargh" reported.
The journalist was reportedly arrested in late October after covering the protests.
He worked for the state sports newspaper »Iran Warseschi«.
Journalist Niloofar Hamedi could even face the death penalty.
She was one of the first to publicize the case of Jina Mahsa Amini.
A few days later, 30-year-old Hamedi was arrested.
Security forces are said to have searched her house and confiscated her mobile phone and laptop.
Among other things, she is accused of espionage, which can also carry the death penalty – she is said to have been trained by foreign secret services.
She herself is said to have been in solitary confinement ever since.
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