New Details on Anti-Infiltration Plan: Bill Supports Journalists' Professional Activities

Nejabat said the bill to counter foreign infiltration is currently on the parliamentary agenda in an open session, and lawmakers are reviewing its details.

Najabat said: The plan to deal with the influence of foreigners is currently on the agenda of the parliament in the open session and the representatives are reviewing its details.

According to the report of Ambassador Arjan Ruhollah Najabat, a member of the Councils and Internal Affairs Commission of the Islamic Council, regarding the activity of journalists and media according to the plan to deal with the influence of foreigners, he stated: A significant part of this law deals with the cultural influence and the transparency of the activities of the media.

According to Ambassador Arjan's narration, he said about guaranteeing the freedom of speech and professional activities of journalists in the law against foreign influence: this law supports independent journalism and by creating reassuring levels and removing unnecessary accusations, it supports the freedom of speech and professional activities of journalists and will ultimately strengthen freedom of speech.

Najabat clarified about the purpose of the plan to deal with the influence of foreigners: the purpose of this law is to deal with hidden agencies. The law helps protect an independent journalist or researcher from someone who takes money from intelligence services or hostile governments to engineer public opinion; Create a distinction and prevent hostile governments and dirty money from interfering in public opinion management, acting against public culture, or even engineering elections. Financial transparency also protects domestic media from accusations.

Najabat pointed out: The plan to deal with the influence of foreigners is currently on the agenda of the parliament in the open session and the representatives are reviewing its details.

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