The underlying report http://www.freedomhouse.org/images/File/FotN/FOTN2011.pdf only evaluates 37 countries "chosen to provide a representative sample
with regards to geographical diversity and economic development, as well as varying levels
of political and media freedom"; declaring Iran to be worst is like determining the youngest person in town by doing a telephone survey of 1/5 of the households.
The report itself makes no such claim, and presents reasonably thorough descriptions of those countries which it does cover. They do not have the resources to include France, North Korea, Rwanda, Sweden or 154 other nations.
The report itself makes no such claim, and presents reasonably thorough descriptions of those countries which it does cover. They do not have the resources to include France, North Korea, Rwanda, Sweden or 154 other nations.