Editing Freedom of the press (section)

=== World ranking 2019 ===
On April 18, the RSF published its annual report, Indication for Free Media in the world. In this report, among 180 states, [[Norway]] was the freest and safest country in the world. [[Finland]] and [[Sweden]] are the next. Meanwhile, [[Iran]] lost its position in the list- compare to 2018- and is among the 11 countries that suppress the freedom of the media. Iran is on the bottom of the list, ranked as the 170th state.<ref>{{cite web |title=2019 World Press Freedom Index – A cycle of fear |url=https://rsf.org/en/2019-world-press-freedom-index-cycle-fear |website=RSF |date=15 April 2019 |access-date=18 August 2020 |archive-date=2 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200602234620/https://rsf.org/en/2019-world-press-freedom-index-cycle-fear |url-status=live }}</ref>