# Claim 544

Number of journalists arrested during the period of the shutdown.

Published 2026-09-23. Last reviewed 2026-09-22. 1 source.

- Statement: Number of journalists arrested during the period of the shutdown.
- Field: effect_on_reporting
- Value: At least 11 journalists arrested since the protests began
- About: [incident 2019-iran-nationwide-internet-shutdown](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2019-iran-nationwide-internet-shutdown)
- Source: Freedom in the World 2020: Iran. https://freedomhouse.org/country/iran/freedom-world/2020
- Publisher: Freedom House
- Method: outlet report
- Checked: 2026-09-22
- Confidence: medium
- Status: current
- Source date: 2020-01-01

## Quotation from the source

> at least 11 journalists, including photographers and cameramen, had been arrested since the start of the protests in mid-November

Source page: https://thewaronnews.com/claims/544. The War On News, CC BY 4.0.