Since Iran’s Constitutional Revolution in 1905 and the birth of modern media in the country, successive Iranian governments have intimidated, imprisoned, tortured and killed journalists and activists who use the media to share information with others. This pattern of brutality has worsened since the 1979 Islamic Revolution. The Islamic Republic has consistently been one of the world’s worst perpetrators of crimes against journalists and information activists for the past four decades.

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Iran is the 173rd out of 180 freest countries in the world

Article 19 of The Universal Declaration of Human Rights: Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.

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Reza Taleshian Jolodarzadeh

Reza Taleshian Jelodarzadeh is a journalist, sociologist and member of the International Federation of Journalists, and a veteran of the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war. He was sentenced to prison for publishing …

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Gholamreza Moradi

Kianoush Salatini

Kianoush Salatini is a social media activist on Telegram and a futsal coach in Tehran. He was arrested by agents from the Intelligence Organization of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps …

Fouad Vekalati

Fouad Vekalati, a resident of Maku, was arrested and sentenced to a year in prison for his journalism work on social media and for his criticism of the authorities' negligence …

Aliyeh Motallebzadeh

Aliyeh Motallebzadeh, a photographer and women's rights activist, was arrested on December 20th.

Alireza Kheyri

Alireza Kheyri is a resident of Tehran who was sentenced to prison for his activities on Telegram messenger. At the time of his arrest, Kheyri was an associate student of …