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Reza Valizadeh, Iranian-American Journalist, Arrested in Tehran

News October 16, 2024

Reza Valizadeh, a former journalist for the Persian section of Radio Free Europe (Radio Farda), was detained by the security apparatus of...

Saeideh Shafiei Denied Visits with Her Family

News October 13, 2024

Officials at Evin Prison in Tehran have prohibited Saeideh Shafiei, a incarcerated journalist, from meeting with her family. A similar restriction has...

Disruption of Free Information in Iran Continues

News October 11, 2024

Approximately one month after the illegal blocking of Sadaf Fatemi's SIM card, the content published by this journalist was also removed from...

A human rights blogger endured 9 months of unlawful imprisonment and exile

News October 8, 2024

Soheil Arabi, a blogger, photographer, and human rights activist, left his place of exile in the city of Borazjan, Bushehr province, upon...

Court of Appeals Sentences Jina Modares Gorji to 28 Months in Prison

News October 5, 2024

The Fourth Branch of the Kurdistan Court of Appeals has sentenced Jina Modares Gorji, a journalist and women's rights activist, to two...

Reports

Organized Disruption of Independent Reporting Amid Anti-Government Protests in Iran

Six-Month Report on the Suppression of Journalists and Media in Iran (First Half of 2025)

Suppression of Journalists in Iran: Ongoing Repression in January 2025

News Highlights

Nationwide Internet Shutdown in Iran; Concerns Over Widespread Repression of Protesting Citizens

Plotters in Masih Alinejad Assassination Attempt Sentenced to a Combined 50 Years in Prison

The Website of Ham-Mihan Newspaper Has Been Shut Down

News

Aaliyeh motalebzadeh, Iranian Photographer, Released on Bail from Detention

Nationwide Internet Shutdown in Iran; Concerns Over Widespread Repression of Protesting Citizens

Iranian Journalist Mehdi Beyk Released After Brief Detention