Crazy or brave?

TEHRAN — Iranian officials arrested a Japanese reporter and two Canadian reporters during anti-government protests this week and charged them with “unauthorized reporting,” the semiofficial Fars news agency reported Friday. It did not identify the reporters or their news organizations. The three reporters join two others whose agencies said they were also arrested during Wednesday’s protests marking the 30th anniversary of the U.S. Embassy here. Agence France Presse said its local reporter Farhad Pouladi was detained and the International Federation of Journalists said a Danish journalist, Niels Krogsgaard, was arrested in connection with the demonstration.

“The claim about the arrest of the AFP journalist is under investigation,” the state-run Islamic Republic News Agency cited Tehran prosecutor Abbas Jafari Dowlatabadi as saying Friday. Iranian media gave no further details on the other arrested foreigners. All are still believed to be in custody.[...]

Hopefully they are released soon and unharmed.

Meanwhile protesting Iranians are reaching out to Obama….

Nedaagain NO MISUNDERSTANDING WITH LANGUAGE BARRIER
MR #OBAMA HERE PLS LISTEN & DECIDE WHAT SIDE ARE YOU??
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“Obama Are you with us or with them?”

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Previously:
(Descending)
[Update XI:] Iran closes Al Arabiya’s offices in Tehran] Iran Erupts: Sham Election Ignites Heated Protests
[Updated w/ report of police brutality - photo] Video: Iranian Riot Police on Motorcycles Ram Straight Through Protesters
Iran Jamming BBC Satellite Used to Broadcast BBC Persian TV
Iran Election Aftermath [Update 6: June 15 election protest-photo AP photog. reports seeing 1 person shot & killed]
Video: In Iran a Basij militia armed with an AK-47 opens fire into crowd of protesters from rooftop
#IranElection: US State Dept Asking Twitter to Stay Up
Ahmadinejad’s Coup d’Etat? [Updated: Video of Makhmalbaf's at European Parliament]
One of these Obama “quotes” is not like the others
Flight 93 Memorial Blogburst: AP up to old tricks–Obama did NOT say that Iran must respect voters’ choice
Sunday Toonage: Iran Election
Eyewitnesses: Basij’s clearly targeted Neda Agha-Soltan
Video: “Killing more students in Iran June 22 2009″