January 25, 2019

Journalist to Serve Five Years in Prison for Uncovering Corruption in Tehran Municipality

Yashar Soltani’s Investigate Expose Implicated City Officials and MPs Journalist Yashar Soltani has been sentenced to five years in prison for exposing extensive corruption within the Tehran municipality, his lawyer ...

April 27, 2017

Iran’s Other Elections: Local Council Applicants Subjected to Arbitrary Vetting

In a surprising development, a few outspoken and prominent political activists have been approved to run in Iran’s elections for city and village councils on May 19, 2017. However, many well-known activists and reformists have been arbitrarily disqualified. ...

November 2, 2016

Editor Who Exposed Corruption in Tehran Municipality Remains Detained Despite Vindicating Evidence

Tehran MP Voices Support for Yashar Soltani New information has seriously challenged the credibility of the charges against Yashar Soltani, who was detained and charged with “spreading lies” and “gathering classified information ...

September 28, 2016

Detained Editor Who Exposed Corruption Slapped with Additional Charge

Editor Yashar Soltani, who was initially charged with “spreading lies” after his website published unclassified information about illegal land sales by the Tehran Municipality, has also been charged with “gathering ...