In addition to renowned filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof, three members of the Iranian Writers Association (IWA)—Baktash Abtin, Reza Khandan Mahabadi and Keyvan Bajan—have been summoned to prison as other inmates are being reportedly released to ...
Violent state repression of protests in Iran is not unique, yet the lethal means government forces used to repress recent protests that broke out across dozens of cities reached new heights this year, resulting in at least 208 deaths between November 15, ...
More than 200 members of Iran’s film industry signed an open letter dated November 2, 2019, condemning state censorship and demanding “freedom of expression and thought” in the Islamic Republic. Most of the signatories are based in Iran including Jafar ...
Matin Sotudeh (middle) was dressed in a hijab and buttoned-up, long-sleeved tunic ...
A new exhibit curated by visual artist Shirin Neshat with artistic advisor Nicky Nodjoumi and organized by the Center for Human Rights in Iran features nearly 100 works by Iranian women artists. Come see it for a limited time ...
Exhibition Extended Until December 14 October 14, 2019 - The Center for Human Rights in Iran is honored to announce an upcoming exhibition of 13 contemporary Iranian women artists in New York City, curated by the internationally acclaimed ...
Filmmaker Bahman Ghobadi poses for a photo beside his mother Iran Hamzehie. Several members of internationally acclaimed filmmaker Bahman Ghobadi’s family ...
Marzban’s Only “Crime” Was Working for Foreign Media Outlets He Must Serve 11 Years if Appeals Court Upholds Sentence Before Eligibility for Parole Satirist Keyomars Marzban has been sentenced to 23.3 years in prison in Iran for ...
Film and theater photographer Nooshin Jafari has been detained at an undisclosed location in ...
Nikan Khosravi and Arash Ilkhani, members of the Iranian heavy metal band Confess, have left Iran to escape prosecution and prison for their art. “We took a risk and left the country so that we could continue ...
Acclaimed director Mohammad Rasoulof was sentenced to one year in prison in Tehran in July 2019. He has been banned from making films or leaving Iran since 2017. International film festivals including the ...
“We have to pay a price, and every person will pay some price,” says acclaimed filmmaker July 24, 2019 – The sentencing of award-winning filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof to one year in prison for the content of his films has highlighted ...
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