The world took notice when Iranian women used a Facebook page to openly defy the clerical establishment by posting pictures of themselves in public without a hijab. Now the country’s hard-liners appear to be using more traditional media to hit back at the woman who set up the page through a smear campaign that […]
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State-run TV’s Disinformation Encourages Violence Against Women
Broadcasts on Hijab Campaign Spread Defamatory Messages and Blatant Falsehoods June 2, 2014—The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran calls on President Rouhani to immediately institute supervision of Iran’s state TV and end the broadcast of programs that falsely defame dissidents and implicitly justify violence against women who do not wear the hijab, […]
Arash Sadeghi Talks with Reformist Journalist after Prison Release
An Interview with Arash Sadeghi by Masih Alinejad Masih Alinejad (MA): Mr. Sadeghi, following the statement by Mr. Eje’i, the [Islamic Republic’s Judiciary Spokesperson], [which denied your imprisonment in Evin], there were much doubts surrounding your whereabouts. I am very glad to see you *free. Can you tell us where you were being held? […]
Masih Alinejad Interview With One of Gonabadi Dervishes Who Were Deported for Life
According to Majzooban Noor, the Branch 2 of Shiraz Revolutionary Court issued its verdicts against three Gonabadi Dervishes, Messrs. Hamid-Reza Arayesh, Kazem Dehghan and Mohammad-Ali Shamshirzan, convicting all of them to life in exile. They are charged with “moharebeh (enmity with God)”, “spreading corruption on the earth”, “membership in illegal group (being Dervish/ […]
Reporters Without Borders: Exile journalists threatened, pressured and defamed from inside Iran
Reporters Without Borders condemns Iran’s threats and defamatory attacks on Iranian journalists living in exile, including UK-based freelancer Masih Alinejad and US-based Arash Sigarchi of Voice of America. The intelligence ministry and Revolutionary Guards are using the government-controlled national radio and TV broadcaster to orchestrate these harassement campaigns from Tehran. “Efforts are being made […]