DeFFI | Defending Free Flow of Information Organization

Legal Case Filed Against Ham-Mihan Newspaper Due to Publication of Prophet Job Cartoon

News October 17, 2024

Following the publication of a cartoon depicting Prophet Job (Ayoub) by Ham-Mihan Newspaper, the Tehran Prosecutor's Office has filed charges against the...

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...

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