Forbidden Freedom

Mehdi Rajabian could be sent back to prison at anytime, but he continues to produce music banned under Iran's strict censorship laws. His new album ...

Iran security forces stormed three mixed gender parties in the northern city of Sari on August 29 and August 30 and detained 35 young men ...

According to IHR statistic department, during the first three weeks of August 2019, tens of civil activists were arrested in Iran and prison sentences were ...

The 10-year prison sentence issued against British Council employee Aras Amiri was upheld on August 18, 2019, without a hearing, the Center for Human Rights ...

A conservative news website in Iran published the leaked contents of a contract between the Iranian Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance and a private ...

Iran's traditional clerics see smaller families, empowered women and global lifestyles as threats that cross political borders, but they find it hard to confront modern ...

An Appeals Court has upheld an eight-month sentence for a renowned Iranian author, poet, and member of Iran Writers Association (IWA)

Lambasting the Islamic Republic's judiciary for accusing journalists and political activists of "intelligence-related crimes," former Iranian President Mohammad Khatami has also criticized the government and ...

Nikan Khosravi and Arash Ilkhani, members of the Iranian heavy metal band Confess, have left Iran to escape prosecution and prison for their art