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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

August 25, 2018

Journalist Recounts “Inhumane” Living Conditions at Tehran Penitentiary

An Iranian journalist who was detained at Iran’s Greater Tehran Central Penitentiary (GTCP) has written ...

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 ...

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 ...

August 27, 2017

Reformist MP Calls for Judicial Investigation Into Imprisoned Journalist’s Worsening Health

A member of the Iranian Parliament has called on the judiciary to investigate reports about imprisoned reformist journalist Ehsan Mazandarani’s...

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 ...

July 18, 2017

Pro-Rouhani Journalist Tortured by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Acquitted of Anti-State Charges

More than two years after his arrest and torture by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), reformist journalist Farzad Pourmoradi, a supporter ...

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 ...

December 21, 2016

Reformist Journalist Targeted by Intelligence Agents Awaits Sentence After Kafkaesque Trial

Reformist journalist Farzad Pourmoradi is awaiting sentencing after being tried at Branch 103 of the Criminal Court in Kermanshah, northwestern Iran, on ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

April 11, 2016