McCain worries about crackdown

John McCain tweets his concern about Iran:

SenJohnMcCain Iran bans foreign media – is this a prelude to a crackdown??

CBS reports that Iran has notified foreign journalists that if they are seen with cameras they will be arrested:

Tuesday, the regime’s Ministry of Islamic Guidance, which strictly controls where all foreign media go and who they speak to in Iran, told CBS News and, we believe, all other Western media, that the rally scheduled by opposition candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi’s supporters for Tuesday afternoon was illegal, and so, therefore, was covering it.

But the ban is much broader than that, extending to any coverage in Tehran whatsoever.

“No journalist has permission to report or film or take pictures in the city,” a Culture Ministry official told the Reuters news agency.