Mohammad Assadi Arrested; Journalist Who Tweeted: Millions of Iranians Have No Internet

Mohammad Assadi, a journalist in Iran, has been arrested and there is no information about his status and whereabouts.

According to announcements by Mohammad Assadi’s relatives on social networks, this economic journalist was arrested by the Islamic Republic’s security agencies at his home on the first day of Azar.

Mr. Assadi, who previously worked for Shargh newspaper but had become unemployed due to security pressures, had more than 32,000 followers on Twitter and more than 13,000 members in his Telegram channel, where he reported on economic issues.

He posted two tweets simultaneously with Iran’s protests. In the first one, he wrote: “In the absence of internet, metropolitan areas have turned into thousands of dense small villages. When communication tools are cut off, your field of vision becomes only a few meters, and it no longer matters whether you are a few kilometers away or several thousand kilometers away. Give congratulations to the young minister equipped with internet-connected dancing peacocks.”

His second tweet was in English and received a very large response. Mohammad Assadi wrote: “Tick tock hello free world… I used 42 proxies to write this. Millions of Iranians have no internet. Can you hear our voice?”

Since Saturday, this journalist’s Twitter account has been inaccessible.

Source: Voice of America