Person of the Day

Mehdi Salimi
Mehdi Salimi

Writer and translator Mehdi Salimi has been released from Evin Prison on a bail of 500 million tomans after spending 40 days in detention and under interrogation.

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

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Wall of Shame

Shabnam Ashouri

Shabnam Ashouri

 Malihe Barghi Sedeghiani

Malihe Barghi Sedeghiani

 Nader Afshari

Nader Afshari

 Nahid Fathalian

Nahid Fathalian

Nahid Fathalian is a retired teacher and an activist for the Teachers’ Union of Tehran.

 Fouad Albouftileh Nezhad

Fouad Albouftileh Nezhad

 Kiumars Marzban

Kiumars Marzban

On August 26, 2018, Kiumars Marzban, a 26-year-old satirist, was arrested by agents of the Intelligence Protection Organization of the Revolutionary Guards after returning to Iran after a period abroad. …

 Mojtaba Basati

Mojtaba Basati

 Rouhollah Mirzai

Rouhollah Mirzai

Ruhollah Mirzai, from Ilam, has been serving a prison sentence in Evin Prison since May 5, 2020. He had previously been sentenced by Branch 23 of the Revolutionary Court of …

 Mehdi Meskin Navaz

Mehdi Meskin Navaz

 Baktash Abtin

Baktash Abtin

News

Investigative Reporter Facing Jail in Iran Honored by Press Freedom Community

Investigative Reporter Facing Jail in Iran Honored by Press Freedom Community

A freelance reporter facing a five-year prison sentence in Iran has been recognized in the Committee to Protect Journalists’ International Press Freedom Awards.
Weekly Review of Censorship: Presidential Advisor Found Guilty by Press Jury

Weekly Review of Censorship: Presidential Advisor Found Guilty by Press Jury

A second Iranian politician, the presidential advisor Hessamoddin Ashena, has been afforded access to a jury on being charged with a "political" crime.

Projects

Instagram, Iranian Style

Cartoons

Instagram, Iranian Style

Cartoon by Mana Neyestani

Videos

Prominent Iranian Filmmaker Speaks Out

Mohammad Rasoulof, whose work casts a critical eye on the Iranian regime, has been honored in Berlin for his film There Is No Evil. “You may lose a lot by saying NO. But standing up to tyranny gives you a real inner peace,” he says.
Prominent Iranian Filmmaker Speaks Out