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Iranian Journalist Hassan Abbasi Arrested with Violence

News September 1, 2025

Agents from the Kerman Province Intelligence Department arrested Hassan Abbasi, a journalist and the editor-in-chief of the banned Ashkan News website. According to...

Five: The Number of Imprisoned Journalists in Iran

News August 12, 2025

As of Tuesday, August 12, 2025, at least Five journalists are imprisoned in Iran: Zhina Modares Gorji in Sanandaj Prison, Azhdar Piri...

Abolfazl Laal-Bahador, Iranian Journalist, Sentenced to Flogging, Imprisonment, and Exile

News August 10, 2025

Abolfazl Laal-Bahador, a journalist from Sabzevar and the administrator of the Telegram channel “Hezardastan,” has been sentenced to flogging, imprisonment, and exile....

Death Threats Against Journalists and Families of Iran International Staff

News August 6, 2025

The Persian-language television network Iran International announced in a statement that, following the outbreak of the Iran-Israel war (late June 2025), “45...

Continuation of SIM Card Blocking of Journalists in Iran by IRGC Intelligence

News July 31, 2025

In a recurring pattern that has sharply escalated in recent months, the SIM card of Saeideh Shafiei, a Tehran-based journalist, was blocked...

Reports

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

Silencing Voices: An Overview of Media and Journalist Repression in Iran (2024 Annual Report)

News Highlights

Court Hearing Held in Case of Alleged “Sexual Relations of Catherine Shakdam with Iranian Officials”

Tehran Prosecutor’s Office Targets Media Over Sanctions Impact Reports

Abolfazl Laal-Bahador, Iranian Journalist, Sentenced to Flogging, Imprisonment, and Exile

News

Iranian Journalist Shirin Saeedi Released from Evin Prison

Iranian Journalist Mustafa Nemati Released from Prison

Fardaye Eghtesad Resumes Operations After 15-Month Hiatus