Iranian authorities have shut down the Ashkan News website after five years of operation. Simultaneously, the Telegram channel of Mansour Iranpour, a social journalist, was...
Less than a day after Israel's attack on several military bases in Iran, the Tehran Prosecutor's Office announced that it had filed charges against a...
The spokesperson for the Iranian judiciary threatened media outlets during a press conference, stating that if they published content against groups he referred to as...
Following the publication of a cartoon depicting Prophet Job (Ayoub) by Ham-Mihan Newspaper, the Tehran Prosecutor's Office has filed charges against the outlet.
Hamri Newspaper, affiliated...
As military tensions escalate between the Islamic Republic of Iran and Israel, the Tehran Prosecutor's Office has initiated legal cases against several media outlets and...
September 2024, proved to be a challenging month for journalists and advocates of freedom of expression in Iran. Coinciding with the second anniversary of the...
Despite nearly two months having passed since President Masoud Pezeshkian's directive to withdraw complaints from government entities against journalists and media, a significant number of...
In August 2024, Iranian journalists and media experienced a month filled with significant events, coinciding with the official inauguration of the fourteenth government in the...
The First Branch of the Revolutionary Court in Abadan, Iran, sentenced Mandana Sadeghi, Farzaneh Yahyabadi, Arash Ghalehgholab, Kourosh Karmpour, and Reza Mohammadi, journalists and writers...
Mohammad Alimoradi, a journalist and documentary filmmaker residing in Tabriz, reported being threatened with death by individuals who appear to be agents of the Iranian...
A legal case has been initiated against the organizers of the journalism awards ceremony of the Tehran Association of Journalists (Cheragh) and female journalists who...
A court hearing regarding the charges against two journalists, Mandana Sadeghi and Arash Qaleh Gholab, as well as a writer named Reza Mohammadi, was held...
Saideh Shafiei and Rouhollah Nakhaei, journalists imprisoned in Evin Prison in Tehran, have been freed.
Saideh Shafiei was sentenced to three years and seven months and...
The cases against Niloufar Hamedi and Elahe Mohammadi, who were detained during the "Women, Life, Freedom" protests in 2022, have been closed.
On February 11, 2025,...
The Scientific Assistance of the Presidency of Iran prevented journalist Susan Nuri from attending a press conference in this institution due to dress code and...
At least four journalists have been summoned by judicial and security authorities, and some of their personal belongings were confiscated by security officials.
On Tuesday, January...
The Tehran Provincial Court of Appeals confirmed the sentence issued by the lower court against Reza Valizadeh, sentencing this Iranian-American journalist to 10 years in...
Today, Wednesday, January 29, 2025, at least 8 journalists are imprisoned in Iran; Nasrin Hasani in Bojnurd, Zhina Madras Gorji in Sanandaj, Shirin Saeedi, Vida Rabani,...
The First Branch of the Revolutionary Court in Abadan, Iran, sentenced Mandana Sadeghi, Farzaneh Yahyabadi, Arash Ghalehgholab, Kourosh Karmpour, and Reza Mohammadi, journalists and writers...
Mohammad Alimoradi, a journalist and documentary filmmaker residing in Tabriz, reported being threatened with death by individuals who appear to be agents of the Iranian...
A legal case has been initiated against the organizers of the journalism awards ceremony of the Tehran Association of Journalists (Cheragh) and female journalists who...
A court hearing regarding the charges against two journalists, Mandana Sadeghi and Arash Qaleh Gholab, as well as a writer named Reza Mohammadi, was held...
Iranian authorities have shut down the Ashkan News website after five years of operation. Simultaneously, the Telegram channel of Mansour Iranpour, a social journalist, was...
Saideh Shafiei and Rouhollah Nakhaei, journalists imprisoned in Evin Prison in Tehran, have been freed.
Saideh Shafiei was sentenced to three years and seven months and...
The cases against Niloufar Hamedi and Elahe Mohammadi, who were detained during the "Women, Life, Freedom" protests in 2022, have been closed.
On February 11, 2025,...
The Scientific Assistance of the Presidency of Iran prevented journalist Susan Nuri from attending a press conference in this institution due to dress code and...
At least four journalists have been summoned by judicial and security authorities, and some of their personal belongings were confiscated by security officials.
On Tuesday, January...
The Tehran Provincial Court of Appeals confirmed the sentence issued by the lower court against Reza Valizadeh, sentencing this Iranian-American journalist to 10 years in...
Today, Wednesday, January 29, 2025, at least 8 journalists are imprisoned in Iran; Nasrin Hasani in Bojnurd, Zhina Madras Gorji in Sanandaj, Shirin Saeedi, Vida Rabani,...
Mehrdad Aladin, a documentary filmmaker and journalist from the "Didban Iran" news agency, was arrested on January 7, 2024 after attending the Evin Prosecutor's Office.
The...
Today, Thursday, January 1, 2025, at least 9 journalists and media activists are imprisoned in Iran; Nasrin Hasani in Bojnurd, Zhina Madras Gorji in Sanandaj,...
In the first official reaction from the Iranian government regarding the arrest of "Cecilia Sala," the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance has accused this...
Cecilia Sala, a 29-year-old Italian journalist who traveled to Iran to report, was arrested in Tehran.
The Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on December 27,...
The Revolutionary Court of Tehran sentenced Reza Valizadeh, a former journalist for the Persian section of Radio Free Europe (Radio Farda) and a political prisoner...
The threatening attempt by two armed individuals to enter the residence of Shir Ahmad Shirani, the editor-in-chief of the human rights organization Haal-Vash, was thwarted...
In response to the approval of the bill known as the Hijab and Chastity Law by the Islamic Consultative Assembly (Parliament), more than 140 journalists...
Vida Rabani, a iranian journalist, and Motahareh Gonnei, a student activist, who had been on a hunger strike in protest against the denial of medical...
Vida Rabani, a journalist and political activist, along with Motahareh Ghonei, a student activist, both imprisoned in Evin Prison, have gone on a hunger strike...
The prison sentence of Soltan-Ali Abedi, a iranian journalist and editor of the news website Diyar-e Ayar, ended on Thursday, November 21, 2024. Mr. Abedi...
Today, Sunday, November 17, 2024, at least 11 journalists and media activists are being held in prisons and detention centers across Iran. They include Nasrin...
The temporary detention of Azhdar Piri, the editor of the monthly magazine “International Journal of Nations Research”, continues into the fourth week since his arrest....
Iranian authorities have, for the second time since the arrest of Reza Valizadeh, refused to provide a clear statement regarding the fate of this Iranian-American...
On November 9, 2024, judicial agents arrested Saeed HosseiniNejad, the manager of the Telegram channel "Punel Khabar," to serve his prison sentence. Following his arrest,...
The Court of Appeals in Qazvin has fined Mojtaba Rahimi, an economic journalist and one of the detainees from the "Women, Life, Freedom" protests in...
Today, November 2, 2024, at least nine journalists and media activists are incarcerated in Iran’s prisons and detention centers: Nasrin Hasani in Bojnord, Jina Modares...
Jina Modares Gorji, a journalist and women's rights activist, was arrested and transferred to prison in Sanandaj on Saturday, November 2, 2024, after reporting to...
Mostafa Nemati, a journalist and economic analyst, was transferred to Evin Prison on Tuesday, October 29, 2024, to serve a 40-month prison sentence.
Mostafa Nemati is...
Less than a day after Israel's attack on several military bases in Iran, the Tehran Prosecutor's Office announced that it had filed charges against a...
Now (Thursday, October 24, 2024), at least seven journalists and media activists are incarcerated in Iran's prisons and detention centers: Nasrin Hasani in Bojnord, Shirin...
Kamyar Fakoor, a journalist and labor activist, was released from Evin Prison after serving one year and six months of imprisonment. His release came after...
The spokesperson for the Iranian judiciary threatened media outlets during a press conference, stating that if they published content against groups he referred to as...
Bahareh Shabankariyan, a journalist for Etemad newspaper, has halted her pursuit of the murder case of Dariush Mehrjui and his wife, Vahideh Mohammadifar, following "summons...
Following the publication of a cartoon depicting Prophet Job (Ayoub) by Ham-Mihan Newspaper, the Tehran Prosecutor's Office has filed charges against the outlet.
Hamri Newspaper, affiliated...
Reza Valizadeh, a former journalist for the Persian section of Radio Free Europe (Radio Farda), was detained by the security apparatus of the Islamic Republic...
Officials at Evin Prison in Tehran have prohibited Saeideh Shafiei, a incarcerated journalist, from meeting with her family. A similar restriction has also been imposed...
Approximately one month after the illegal blocking of Sadaf Fatemi's SIM card, the content published by this journalist was also removed from her social media...
Soheil Arabi, a blogger, photographer, and human rights activist, left his place of exile in the city of Borazjan, Bushehr province, upon the completion of...
The Fourth Branch of the Kurdistan Court of Appeals has sentenced Jina Modares Gorji, a journalist and women's rights activist, to two years and four...
As military tensions escalate between the Islamic Republic of Iran and Israel, the Tehran Prosecutor's Office has initiated legal cases against several media outlets and...
Despite nearly two months having passed since President Masoud Pezeshkian's directive to withdraw complaints from government entities against journalists and media, a significant number of...
Parisa Salehi, a journalist residing in Karaj, was released from Kachoui Prison on September 17, 2024, after serving her five-month sentence.
Shortly after her release, Parisa...
The trial concerning the charges against the news outlet "Hamdeli Zanjan" was held illegally—without the presence of an impartial jury in political and press courts...
The Tehran Court of Appeals has sentenced Elaheh Mohammadi, a journalist for Ham-Mihan newspaper, and Niloufar Hamadi, a journalist for Shargh newspaper, to a total...
The Court of Appeals of Markazi Province confirmed the sentence of 40 lashes issued against Salahuddin Khalaj Asadi, a journalist for the weekly "Cheshm Be...
Fatemeh Gholipour, a reporter for Rokna News Agency, was summoned by the FATA Police (Cyber Police) and had a legal case filed against her following...
Simultaneously with the Iranian presidential election campaign and the ongoing judicial and security actions against journalists and media, the Tehran Prosecutor's Office filed charges against...
In the ongoing security and judicial actions against journalists and media outlets since the start of the presidential election campaign in Iran, the Committee for...
In the latest wave of judicial and security actions against journalists and media outlets following the start of the 2024 presidential election campaign, the Tehran...
On July 27, 2024, the Tehran Economic Security Police forces sealed the Farda-e-Eghtesad Media Studio.
According to a source informed by the Defending Free Flow of...
On June 7, 2024, the press court found Mohammad Reza Saadi, the managing director of the newspaper Jahan-e Sanat, and political activist Sadegh Zibakalam guilty....
After 22 days, *Didban Iran* was unblocked and resumed its activities. The news-analysis website was blocked on April 30, 2024, and had been inaccessible to...
Amid increasing pressure on journalists and media outlets in Hormozgan Province, three media associations on Wednesday, May 15, 2024, issued a joint statement protesting what...
In the aftermath of Iran's military attack on Israel, a new wave of judicial actions against journalists and media outlets has been initiated. On April...
Ali Tasnimi, the radio host for Farda-ye Eghtesad, who was arrested on February 5, 2024, (16 Bahman 1402) along with the shutdown of Farda-ye Eghtesad,...
Nasim Soltanbeigi, a journalist imprisoned in Evin Prison, was released on March 9, 2024, due to a temporary suspension of her sentence to pursue treatment...
Zeynab Rahimi, an environmental journalist, was fined on March 4, 2024, for a tweet about the death of Armita Geravand. This marks the third sentence...
On Saturday evening, February 24, 2024, Farda-e Eghtesad resumed its operations after being suspended for 20 days. Despite the media outlet's return, Ali Tasnimi, a...
Ebrahim Rashidi, a journalist and researcher, was released from Meshginshahr Prison on February 22, 2024, after enduring 54 days of temporary detention. He was released...
Rouhollah Nakhaei was detained and transferred to Evin Prison on February 20, 2024 after reporting to the Office for the Implementation of Sentences.
Parto Borhanpour, Nakhaei's...
Mansour Iranpour, a former political prisoner and journalist, has been ordered to pay seven million tomans in fines.
The 113th branch of the Criminal Court of...
Since the beginning of 2024, "spreading lies" has been the most frequently attributed charge to journalists and media outlets in Iran. This charge, often applied...
Following the publication of a poll on Khabar Online regarding the level of citizen participation in elections, this media outlet was forced to delete its...
The Revolutionary Court of Bandar Lengeh sentenced "Mehrdad Darva," a journalist residing in Hormozgan province, to 100 days of punitive imprisonment and six months of...
The Second Branch of the Revolutionary Court in Khorramabad sentenced Ghazaleh Zare to a total of three years in prison.
Deutsche Welle reported on January 22,...
On January 15, 2023, prison officials at Ardabil Central Prison shaved the head of journalist Ebrahim Rashidi after he was transferred from the Ardabil Intelligence...
Security forces in Ardabil arrested "Sina Bandalizadeh," a media activist residing in the city, on Tuesday, January 15, 2024. Two days after the arrest of...
One day after the release of "Elahe Mohammadi" and "Niloufar Hamedi" from Evin Prison, the judiciary announced that a new case has been filed against...
In less than a month, "Nasrin Hasani," the editor of the weekly magazine "Siyahat Shargh" and a journalist residing in Bojnurd, was sentenced to prison...
"Soltan-Ali Abedi," a iranian journalist and editor of the news site "Diyar-e Ayar," was arrested after reporting to the Third Criminal Execution Branch in Zahedan.
This...