
Is Jon Stewart responsible for getting a Newsweek journalist jailed in Iran?
In June, Newsweek's Maziar Bahari, who has covered Iran for over a decade, participated in a 'Daily Show' skit in the aftermath of Iran's controversial election. Bahari was interviewed by tongue-in-cheek
'Daily Show' correspondent Jason Jones. "He dressed like some character out of a B movie about mercenaries in the Middle East -- with a checkered Palestinian kaffiyeh around his neck and dark sunglasses," wrote Bahari afterwards.
Evidently the Iranian regime didn't get the joke. On June 21, four days after the skit aired, the writer was
detained without cause. Maziar Bahari was held, in his own words, for "118 days, 12 Hours, 54 Minutes."