Authorities in Iran are prosecuting another writer on national security charges for signing statements and writing posts that criticized state censorship on the Facebook page of the Iranian Writers’ Association. Reza Khandan Mahabadi, a member of the Board of Directors of the Iranian Writers’ Association, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran […]
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Iran court convicts editor, writer from banned daily
An Iranian court convicted on Sunday the editor and a contributor of a banned newspaper over a series of charges, including lying about Islam and spreading anti-regime propaganda, reports said. The media watchdog banned the reformist Bahar daily in October 2013 after it published an article the authorities deemed as an insult to Shiite […]
Writer-translator to serve out prison sentence
Manijeh Najm Eraghi, an Iranian writer and translator, was arrested on Sunday to serve out a one-year sentence.
Simin Daneshvar passes away at 90
Simin Daneshvar, prominent Iranian novelist and translator passed away on the evening of March 8 at the age of 90 at her home.
PEN demands release of Iranian writer, activist
More than 100 writers, poets and women’s rights activists are speaking out against the arrest of Faranak Farid, the Iranian journalist, poet and activist who was arrested on September 3 in Tabriz.
Exiled Iranian Writer Speaks Out
If bestselling author and filmmaker Siba Shakib tried to go back to Iran today, she says she “would probably be put in prison right away.”“People have written much less critical things and have gotten into much bigger problems than I have,” she explains.