US condemns 'unacceptable' treatment of news media in Iran 3/16/2018 5:08:49 AM “The United States notes with concern the grave conditions facing the press in Iran,” State Department spokeswoman said in a statement. Hill- 15  March 20  18-  The State Department on Thursday called the Iranian government’s treatment of the news media “unacceptable,” noting reports that journalists have been jailed and harassed. The State Department cited a  United Nations  Human Rights Council report released earlier this week on Iran that indicated journalists there have been harassed, arbitrarily detained, banned from traveling and monitored by intelligence operatives. “The United States notes with concern the grave conditions facing the press in Iran as detailed in the U.N. Special Rapporteur’s report,” State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said in a statement. The already hostile relationship between the U.S. and Iran has grown even more tense w...