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Two Canadian reporters for Iran International, a popular Persian-language news outlet, have been threatened by Iranian authorities in a bid to stop them reporting on Tehran’s regime, the organization’s legal team says.

In the past six weeks, 45 journalists and 315 of their family members worldwide have been menaced by the Iranian authorities, including with death, unless they stop working for Britain-based Iran International, the lawyers said in a statement on Tuesday.

Adam Baillie, spokesperson for the Persian-language news channel, said one of the Canadian journalists has received several threats online, including specific kidnapping threats involving being put in a bag and tak

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