The presidential and municipal elections held in Iran on 14 June lacked objective media coverage. The more than 50 million Iranian voters were denied freely reported and independent information when making their choice. Nonetheless, although the media were muzzled, Iranians used the elections to express their views and vote against Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s […]
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Securitized View Over Foreign Journalists
Iran’s minister of Islamic guidance Mohammad Hosseini, who oversees the country’s media activities, asked the country’s security apparatus to strengthen its supervision on the entry of foreign journalists into Iran. He announced the reason for the call to be the presence of an Israeli journalist who was in the country without the knowledge of […]
As Elections Approach, Iran Remains Silent on Arrests of Journalists
Ali Ghazali (left), managing editor of Baztab Emrooz website, and Foad Sadeghi (right), its founder, have both been arrested but not publicly charged, and Iranian authorities have released no information about their status. Authorities Must Respect Due Process and End Escalating Crackdown Iranian officials should break their silence about the status of Baztab Emrooz’s managing […]
CPJ urges Iranian authorities to release journalists
New York, April 18, 2013–The cases of an Iranian blogger imprisoned for seven months without trial and a prominent freelance journalist whose health has deteriorated in prison illustrate the ongoing abuses being perpetrated by Iranian authorities, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Kaveh Taheri, a blogger who has been held at […]
Pro-Reform Journalists Arrested
Two pro-reform journalists have been arrested in Iran. The journalists for the “Maghreb” newspaper were reported detained March 6.
600 journalists working with foreign powers, says Iranian intelligence minister
The Iranian security forces have dealt a heavy blow to a network of 600 journalists operating against the regime, says the country’s intelligence minister.
Iranian Intelligence Ministry Levels New Charges Against Journalists; Reveals Potentially Forced Confessions
The Iranian Intelligence Ministry announced in its third statement on Tuesday, February 19, that in recent days more journalists have been summoned and interrogated about their relations with the “British Government Spy Organization.”
Iran repeats accusations against detained journalists
Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence has issued a second statement regarding the arrest of a number of journalists in the past week, once again accusing them of having links to foreign media.
Detained Journalists are Not Criminals
In an exclusive interview with Rooz, two members of Iran’s parliament, the Majlis, declared that journalists who were detained last week were not criminals and that the courts would pass a judgment on them. The two representatives, Mansour Haghighatpour and Fatollah Hosseini, said that the Majlis also would look into […]
Shirin Ebadi’ letter to Dr. Ahmed Shaheed Regarding the Recent Arrests of Journalists in Iran
Your Excellency Dr. Ahmed Shaheed, The Honourable United Nations Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in Iran