Maziar Bahari arrested in Tehran

Newsweek reporter, film maker and Frontline Club regular Maziar Bahari has been detained in Tehran. Maziar has been living in the Islamic Republic for the past ten years. Foreign media have been barred from covering the post election protests and many journalists, including the BBC’s Jon Leyne, have been kicked out of the country. A total of 24 journalists and bloggers are reportedly among the hundreds of people who have been detained by the Iranian authorities since the protests began. You can listen to Maziar talking about the President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the government in Iran in the video above.