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| Egypt police raid Iran TV office in Cairo | |
| 2012-05-15 | |
| Egyptian police raided the Cairo office of Iranian television channel, Al-Alam, confiscating its equipment after it was found to be operating without license, a security source said on Monday. The raid was carried out on Sunday and the head of Al-Alam’s Cairo office, Ahmed Sioufi, was charged with working without an official permit, the source said. On the Arabic-language channel’s website, Sioufi confirmed that “several members of the police raided the office of Al-Alam” in Cairo. He slammed the raid as an “attack on freedoms, a means to silence” the media, adding that the channel had repeatedly requested an official work permit.
Dozens of journalists, including Al-Alam staff, protested against the move outside the journalistÂ’s syndicate in Cairo, an AFP photographer said.= | |
| Posted by:Steve White |