August 13, 2015

Imprisoned Artist Suffering from Lymphatic Disease

Atena Faraghdani The artist and civil activist Atena Faraghdani has developed signs of lymphatic disease in prison as she awaits her chance to challenge a 12-year prison sentence in ...

August 4, 2015

Facebook Activist Details How She Received a Seven-Year Prison Sentence in Iran

Naghmeh Shahsavandi Shirazi One of the eight Facebook activists sentenced to long prison sentences in 2013 for social and political commentary posted on their Facebook pages, has asserted that she was denied access ...

July 2, 2015

Facebook User Will Not Be Executed, Lawyer Says

The death sentence against Facebook user Soheil Arabi for allegedly insulting the Prophet has been annulled, his lawyer told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. “On June 27, I heard the death sentence against my client has been nullified,” ...

April 23, 2015

Cartoon 112: Facebook Users Get Five to Seven Years in Prison

An appeals court in Tehran has sentenced six individuals to prison terms ranging from five to seven years for postings on their Facebook pages. Two additional individuals are facing as of yet unknown ...

October 8, 2013

Rouhani Cabinet Sends Mixed Messages About Facebook and Twitter

Just a few hours after the Iranian Students News Agency (ISNA) reported that Iran’s Minister of Communications Mahmoud Vaezi told reporters today that Facebook and Twitter will remain blocked in Iran, his ministry released an official statement saying that the unblocking of social networks is ...