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Reports | Iran

As election nears, Iran's journalists are in chains

Iran continues to jail dozens of journalists, stifling critical news coverage and commentary. Crucial links to the international community have been cut off as the June presidential vote approaches. A CPJ special report by Sherif Mansour 

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May 8, 2013 4:55 PM ET |
Tags: Abolfazl Abedini Nasr, Adnan Hassanpour, Afshin Karampour, Ahmad Zaid-Abadi, Ahmadreza Ahmadpour, Alireza Behshti Shirazi, Alireza Rajaee, Alireza Roshan, Amir Eslami, Arash Honarvar Shojaei, Aso, Bahar Ahvaz, Committee of Human Rights Reporters, Evin Prison, Exile, Farideh Farhi, Farshid Yadollahi, Fatemeh Kheradmand, Fereydoun Seydi Rad, freelance, Hamid Reza Moradi, Harassed, Heydar Moslehi, Hoda Saber, Hossein Derakhshan, Human Rights Activists News Agency, Imprisoned, Iran News, Issa Saharkhiz, Kalameh Sabz, Kasra Nouri, Kaveh Taheri, Kayvan Samimi, Khosrow Kordpour, Killed, Mahmoud Ahmedinejad, Mahsa Amrabadi, Majzooban-e-Noor, Massoud Kordpour, Massoud Lavasani, Mehdi Khazali, Mehrdad Sarjoui, Mohammad Khatami, Mohammad Reza Pourshajari, Mohammad Seddigh Kaboudvand, Mojtaba Lotfi, Morteza Moradpour, Mostafa Daneshjoo, Mukrian News Agency, Nameh, Nassour Naghipour, Omid Behroozi, Omid Memarian, Omidreza Mirsayafi, Payam-e-Mardom, Rahman Bouzari, Reza Entessari, Saeed Jalalifar, Saeed Madani, Saeed Matin-Pour, Saleh Moradi, Sarmayeh, Sattar Beheshti, Shargh, Shiva Nazar Ahari, Siamak Ghaderi, Siamak Mehr, Yazligh Mostafa Abdi, Zhila Bani-Yaghoub
Alerts | Iran

Iranian regime continues campaign against critical press

New York, May 23, 2012--Iranian authorities have sentenced an editorial cartoonist to 25 lashes, yet another low point in a three-year-long crackdown against the press that also includes two new imprisonments and the suspension of a monthly.

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May 23, 2012 4:30 PM ET |
Tags: Ahmad Lotfi Ashtiani, Cartoonist, Committee of Human Rights Reporters, Ehsan Houshmand, Imprisoned, Legal Action, Mahmoud Shokrayeh, Mahsa Amrabadi, Massoud Bastani, Nameh Amir, Nasimebidar, Reza Ansari Rad, Seid Mohammed Mehdi Tabatbai, Suspended
Alerts | Iran

Ahead of elections, Iran cracks down on press freedom

New York, February 28, 2012--The Iranian regime continued its persistent campaign against press freedom days ahead of its parliamentary elections on March 2 by sentencing two journalists to prison and periodically blocking millions of users from accessing the Internet, according to news reports. In addition, two journalists are suffering from deteriorating health conditions in prison, news reports said.

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February 28, 2012 4:56 PM ET |
Tags: Committee of Human Rights Reporters, Detained, Google, Imprisoned, Internet, Issa Saharkhiz, Kouhyar Goudarzi, Mahsa Amrabadi, Massoud Bastani, Mehdi Khazali, Parvin Mokhtare, Social Media

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