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Tag : imprisoned journalists

November 26, 2019

“We Know Where You Live,” Iran Goes After Foreign-based Reporters

Campaign of Intimidation Against Families of Journalists Intensifies in Wake of Protests Intelligence Agents Tell Families Reporters Will Be “Hurt” If They Do Not Stop Their Work Iranian intelligence agents have been issuing direct threats to the families of ...

August 16, 2019

Six-Year Prison Sentence Upheld Against Journalist Who Was Denied Right to Fair Trial

An Appeals Court in Tehran has upheld a six-year prison sentence against political affairs journalist Hamed Aynehvand without holding a hearing, his lawyer, Hossein Bayat, informed the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) on August 13, ...

June 11, 2019

Detained Journalist Denied Hospitalization Despite Worsening Symptoms

Sanaz Allahyari has Been Without Counsel for Five Months Family Barred from Sending Letter Appeal to Parliament Imprisoned journalist Sanaz Allahyari has been denied hospitalization despite suffering from worsening health problems in Tehran’s Evin Prison, a source ...

June 5, 2019

“Your Pens Should Be Broken” Journalist Jailed for Social Media Posts

Charged with national security crimes for his social media posts, journalist Masoud Kazemi has been sentenced to 4.5 years in prison, of which he must serve two years (subject to ...

May 15, 2019

Reformist Magazine Suspended After Advocating Diplomacy to Ease US-Iran Tensions

Tehran’s Culture and Media Court suspended the reformist weekly magazine “Seda” (The Voice) on May 11, 2019, hours after it had published an article about the possibility of a war with the United States. “The suspension of Seda magazine ...

May 6, 2019

Journalists Condemn Arrest of Reformist Reporter Ahead of World Press Freedom Day

Marzieh Amiri, a reporter for the reformist Shargh newspaper, has been in Evin Prison’s Ward 209 under the control of the Intelligence Ministry since she was arrested while covering a Labor Day protest in Tehran on May 1, ...

February 14, 2019

Imprisoned Journalist Hamed Aynehvand Denied Right to Post Bail in Iran

Aynehvand Denied Legal Counsel by Hardline Judge Mohammad Moghiseh Judicial officials in Evin Prison in Tehran are illegally preventing the release of political journalist Hamed Aynehvand by falsely claiming he has insufficient funds ...

January 7, 2019

Iranian Journalist Sentenced to Six Years in Prison Without Lawyer

Revolutionary Court Blocked Hamed Aynehvand From Using Lawyer of His Choice Political journalist Hamed Aynehvand has been sentenced to six years in prison without the presence of his lawyer on the ...

November 7, 2018

Masoud Kazemi is the Second Journalist to Be Arrested in Tehran Within Two Weeks

Unidentified security agents detained journalist Masoud Kazemi in Tehran on November 5, 2018, making him the second known case of a journalist being arrested in the Iranian capital within the last two weeks. ...

October 31, 2018

Iranian Journalist Could Face Death Penalty For Allegedly “Insulting” Shia Prophet

Pouyan Khoshhal Fired From Reformist Ebtekar Newspaper Iranian journalist Pouyan Khoshhal has been arrested in Tehran and charged with a crime that could carry the death penalty for using the word “demise” instead of “martyrdom” while ...

September 14, 2018

Iranian Activist Hengameh Shahidi Refuses to Hire New Lawyer Against Judge’s Orders

Detained Iranian political activist and journalist Hengameh Shahidi has defied a judge’s order by refusing to hire a new lawyer. “I have been trying to visit my client ...

August 24, 2018

Iranian Journalist Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison For Criticizing Ultra-Conservative Cleric in a Tweet

Amir Mohammad Hossein Miresmaili, a former journalist and satirist for the Jahan Sana’at (Industry World) newspaper in Iran, has been sentenced to a decade in prison after allegedly disparaging a Shia imam in a ...

December 21, 2017

Two Journalists Held for Months Without Charge Released on Bail

After four months in arbitrary detention, Iranian journalists Sasan Aghaei and Yaghma Fashkhami have been released on bail. The semi-official Iranian Labor News Agency ...

December 18, 2017

In Letter From Evin Prison, Narges Mohammadi Demands Judiciary Stop Violating Due Process Rights

Political prisoner Narges Mohammadi has criticized Iran’s judiciary and security organizations for holding detainees in solitary confinement for prolonged periods without charge while trying to build a case ...

October 17, 2017

Reformist Journalist Sasan Aghaei in Prolonged Solitary Confinement Despite Calls for His Release by MPs

The Iranian judiciary is refusing to release reformist journalist Sasan Aghaei, who has been detained for more than two months in solitary confinement despite calls for his release ...

October 11, 2017

Imprisoned Editor Ehsan Mazandarani Told to File for Temporary Release With One Month Left on Sentence

A reformist journalist imprisoned in Iran who is due to be freed in less than a month has gone on a hunger strike to protest his continued incarceration. “Ehsan Mazandarani...

August 16, 2017

Editor of Prominent Iranian Reformist Newspaper Etemad Arrested for Fourth Time

Journalist Sasan Aghaei Repeatedly Targeted by Security Organizations The arrest of Sasan Aghaei, the deputy editor of the reformist daily newspaper Etemad, at his office in Tehran on August 13, 2017, marks the fourth ...

June 22, 2017

Photojournalist Who Worked for Rouhani’s Presidential Campaign Arrested Without Charge

Husband Pressured to Confess to Espionage Formerly imprisoned photojournalist Asal Esmailzadeh was “suddenly” arrested without charge while accompanying her husband to the Culture and Media Court in Tehran on June 19, 2017, Saeed Seif told the Center ...

July 7, 2016

Imprisoned Journalists Granted Brief Reprieve from Prison

After eight months in detention, newspaper columnist Afarin Chitsaz was released from Evin Prison in Tehran on July 5, 2016 on 10 billion rials ($324,000 USD) bail until her ...

June 22, 2016

Imprisoned Journalist Who Sent Letter to Supreme Leader Saying He Was Tortured is Hospitalized

Ehsan Mazandarani, who went on hunger strike on May 17, is in intensive care following a heart attack A little over a month after he sent a ...

June 17, 2016

Iran’s Judiciary Sues Editor for Exposing Corruption and Poor Treatment of Inmates at Major Penitentiary

Tehran’s chief prosecutor is suing the editor-in-chief of a popular reformist newspaper for publishing a feature piece about a major prison facility in the south of Tehran. The ...

May 5, 2016

Iranian Journalists Face Growing Threats and Intimidation by Authorities

Tactics Meant to Sow Fear among Independent Journalists in Wake of Reformists’ Parliamentary Election Gains Iran’s Intelligence Ministry officials are increasingly harassing and threatening independent journalists in an apparent move to dissuade them ...

April 27, 2016

Journalists in Iran Slapped with Long Prison Sentences

Three journalists and the brother of a journalist have been given prison sentences ranging from five to ten years after spending months in detention, the lawyer representing two of the individuals told the International Campaign ...

April 11, 2016

Journalist Afarin Chitsaz Held Incommunicado at Evin Prison for Five Months

Status of Case and Charges against Her Remain Unknown Concern is growing for the well-being of newspaper columnist Afarin Chitsaz, who has been imprisoned incommunicado since her arrest ...

March 10, 2016

Imprisoned Reformist Iranian Journalist Hospitalized After Prolonged Hunger Strike

Issa Saharkhiz, imprisoned reformist journalist and former political prisoner, was hospitalized on March 9, 2016 due to life-threatening health deterioration from successive hunger strikes. “My father has lost more than 20 kilograms. My ...

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