August 06, 2021
The Majlis has approved the preliminary draft of a bill that would make it a criminal act to send videos of crime scenes that might embarrass the Islamic Republic to foreign television outlets.
The bill would also impose the death penalty on those who are convicted of “collaborating with an enemy state.”
The bill even names the United States as an enemy state, but names no other country as an enemy.
It says that sending video of security forces suppressing demonstrations to foreign networks is subject to imprisonment for two to five years.
The bill was passed on “first reading.” It still must be passed on second and third reading to become law.