Oppressed Journalists

On Wednesday, August 7, the Iranian regime’s Appeals Court in Tehran sentenced Massoud Kazemi, a dissident journalist, to 4.5 years in prison

A branch of the Revolutionary Court in Tehran has convicted Marzieh Amiri, student and journalist, with "collusion and propaganda against the regime" and "disturbing public ...

The Iranian authorities have banned a New York Times correspondent that is based in Tehran from working for the past few months

Imprisoned journalist Sanaz Allahyari has been denied hospitalization despite suffering from worsening health problems in Tehran’s Evin Prison, a source close to her family told ...

The New York Times says that authorities in Iran have barred the newspaper's Tehran-based correspondent from working for the past four months

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 ...

Iran has been condemned for handing a lengthy prison sentence to a journalist who reported on corruption in the country

The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has strongly condemned the sentencing of Iranian journalist Masud Kazemi on national security charges and called for ...

A prominent Iranian activist and lawyer has been sentenced to flogging and 30 years in prison, after he set up a channel on the encrypted ...