Editing Reporters Without Borders (section)

=== Statements ===
On 22 February 2020, RSF issued a statement condemning the IRGC's call for journalists to be detained in Iran. [[Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps|IRGC]] intelligence has summoned some journalists{{clarify|date=January 2021}} and banned any media activities. Reporters Without Borders described the IRGC's intelligence action as "arbitrary and illegal" and aimed at "preventing journalists from being informed on social media."<ref>{{cite web |title=Iran's War on Journalism and Journalists |url=https://www.unitedagainstnucleariran.com/irans-war-on-journalism-and-journalists |website=United Against Nuclear Iran |access-date=7 January 2021 |language=en |archive-date=8 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201208192313/https://www.unitedagainstnucleariran.com/irans-war-on-journalism-and-journalists |url-status=live }}</ref>

On 21 April 2020, the RSF based in [[Paris]] said that the pandemic had amplified and highlighted many crises and over shadowed freedom of the press. The high representative of the EU, [[Josep Borrell]], stated that the pandemic should not be used to justify the limitation of democratic and civil freedoms and that the rule of law and international commitments should be respected. He said freedom of speech and access to information should not be limited and that measures taken against the pandemic should not be used to restrict human rights advocates, reporters, media staff and institutions of civil societies.<ref>{{cite news |title=Coronavirus pandemic 'amplifies press freedom threats' |url=https://www.france24.com/en/20200421-coronavirus-pandemic-amplifies-press-freedom-threats |agency=FRANCE24 |date=21 April 2020 |access-date=21 September 2020 |archive-date=29 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200429060234/https://www.france24.com/en/20200421-coronavirus-pandemic-amplifies-press-freedom-threats |url-status=live }}</ref>

On 25 June 2020, RSF issued a statement entitled "Enforced online repentance, Iran's new method of repression". According to the report, the [[Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps|Revolutionary Guards]] summoned a number of journalists, writers and human rights activists and threatened to detain them, forcing them to express their regrets or apologies for publishing their comments in cyberspace in order to silence them.<ref name="EOL">{{cite web |title=Enforced online repentance, Iran's new method of repression |url=https://rsf.org/en/news/enforced-online-repentance-irans-new-method-repression |website=rsf.org |date=25 June 2020 |access-date=26 June 2020 |archive-date=27 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200627070612/https://rsf.org/en/news/enforced-online-repentance-irans-new-method-repression |url-status=live }}</ref>{{clarify|date=January 2021}}