DeFFI | Defending Free Flow of Information Organization

Continued Imprisonment of 11 Journalists and Media Activists in Iran

News November 17, 2024

Today, Sunday, November 17, 2024, at least 11 journalists and media activists are being held in prisons and detention centers across Iran....

Continued Detention of Azhdar Piri, Editor of the Monthly Research of Nations

News November 15, 2024

The temporary detention of Azhdar Piri, the editor of the monthly magazine “International Journal of Nations Research”, continues into the fourth week...

Kianoush Sanjari, an Iranian journalist, took his own life

News November 13, 2024

Kianoush Sanjari, a former journalist for the Persian section of Voice of America and a former political prisoner, ended his life on...

Lack of Information on the Fate of Reza Valizadeh in the Second Month of Detention

News November 11, 2024

Iranian authorities have, for the second time since the arrest of Reza Valizadeh, refused to provide a clear statement regarding the fate...

Saeed HosseiniNejad for Executing His Prison Sentence

News November 10, 2024

On November 9, 2024, judicial agents arrested Saeed HosseiniNejad, the manager of the Telegram channel "Punel Khabar," to serve his prison sentence....

Reports

2025 Annual Report: The Islamic Republic’s Military Posture Against the Free Flow of Information in Iran

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)

News Highlights

Another newspaper in Iran suspended and its journalist sentenced to prison

Another political media outlet in Iran has been banned from continuing its activities

Continued Detention Under Inhuman Conditions and Extrajudicial Treatment of Imprisoned Journalists

News

Another newspaper in Iran suspended and its journalist sentenced to prison

Another political media outlet in Iran has been banned from continuing its activities

Continued Detention Under Inhuman Conditions and Extrajudicial Treatment of Imprisoned Journalists