In 2025, Iranian journalists and media outlets experienced an unprecedented period of intensified security pressures, judicial actions, and deliberate disruptions to their professional activities. In...
As anti-government protests continue in Iran, organized disruptions to independent reporting in the country persist. The Islamic Republic, through summoning journalists to security agencies, holding...
On Sunday, June 9, 2024, just hours before the official announcement of the approved presidential candidates, the judiciary of the Islamic Republic summoned at least...
Following the death of President Ebrahim Raisi and his companions in a "helicopter crash," the judiciary, security, and law enforcement agencies of the Islamic Republic...
In 2025, Iranian journalists and media outlets experienced an unprecedented period of intensified security pressures, judicial actions, and deliberate disruptions to their professional activities. In...
In the first half of 2025, amid historic and unprecedented events in the Middle East, Iranian journalists and media outlets experienced a highly turbulent and...
In the first month of the year 2025, the suppression of free speech and organized disruption of free information dissemination in Iran continued unabated. Journalists...
The year 2024 was filled with challenging and difficult events for Iranian journalists and media outlets. This year saw historic events in Iran and the...
This report is a study on the status of press freedom indicators during the first 100 days of Masoud Pezeshkian's presidency. The Defending Free Flow...
In 2025, Iranian journalists and media outlets experienced an unprecedented period of intensified security pressures, judicial actions, and deliberate disruptions to their professional activities. In...
As anti-government protests continue in Iran, organized disruptions to independent reporting in the country persist. The Islamic Republic, through summoning journalists to security agencies, holding...
In the first half of 2025, amid historic and unprecedented events in the Middle East, Iranian journalists and media outlets experienced a highly turbulent and...
The year 2024 was filled with challenging and difficult events for Iranian journalists and media outlets. This year saw historic events in Iran and the...
This report is a study on the status of press freedom indicators during the first 100 days of Masoud Pezeshkian's presidency. The Defending Free Flow...
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...
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...
On Sunday, June 9, 2024, just hours before the official announcement of the approved presidential candidates, the judiciary of the Islamic Republic summoned at least...
The May report by the "Defending Free Flow Of Information " (DeFFI) organization on the suppression of media and journalists in Iran was prepared based...
Following the death of President Ebrahim Raisi and his companions in a "helicopter crash," the judiciary, security, and law enforcement agencies of the Islamic Republic...
Coinciding with World Press Freedom Day, the monthly report of the Defending Free Flow Of Information (DeFFI) on the suppression of media and journalists in...
March 2024 began with the continued imprisonment of at least 10 journalists and media activists in Iran's prisons and detention centers. These individuals included Saeedeh...
This analytical-statistical report is the first quarterly report of the Defending Free Flow of Information (DeFFI) organization for 2024. It includes data on violations of...
This report narrates the events before and after the seizure of "Farda-e-Eghtesad" and the mass arrest of its editorial team, based on interviews with informed...
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 two deadly explosions during the anniversary of Qassem Soleimani, the former commander of the Quds Force, the public's reaction on social media varied. Some...