TEHRAN: Agence France Presse deputy bureau chief in Tehran Jay Deshmukh was expelled on Friday by the Iranian authorities who gave no explanation for their decision.
Deshmukh, a 40-year-old Indian national who had been in the country since January 2009, was stripped of his press card along with 10 other correspondents on February 15, a day after a major Tehran protest.
The demonstration was the most significant one in the Iranian capital in a year and was covered by AFP and most of the international media.
"Jay is a highly professional and experienced journalist.
His expulsion is incomprehensible and unacceptable," said AFP global news director Philippe Massonnet.
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