Shiva Nazar Ahari

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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

Iran persists in its crackdown against journalists

New York, September 12, 2012--Continuing their three-year-long clampdown on journalists covering human rights, minority groups, and political reform, Iranian authorities have summoned two journalists to begin prison terms and are bringing two others to trial.

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September 12, 2012 2:24 PM ET |
Tags: Abbas Khosravi Faresani, Ali Malihi, Bahman Ahmadi Amouee, Blogger, Committee of Human Rights Reporters, Farshad Ghorbanpour, Hamzeh Karami, Harassed, Imprisoned, Internet, Issa Saharkhiz, Kasra Nouri, Legal Action, Majzooban-e Noor, Mohammad Davari, Nazanin Khosravani, Rahman Bouzari, Saham News, Sarmayeh, Shiva Nazar Ahari, Siamak Ghaderi, Zhila Bani Yaghoub
Alerts | Iran

Iran convicts 2 journalists; considers death for blogger

Nazar Ahari
New York, September 21, 2010--The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by Iran's continued persecution of independent journalists. Reporters Shiva Nazar Ahari and Emadeddin Baghi have each been sentenced to six years in prison, while authorities are said to be considering the death penalty for blogger Hossein Derakhshan, according to news reports.
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September 21, 2010 5:42 PM ET |
Tags: Death Penalty, Emadeddin Baghi, Hossein Derakhshan, Imprisoned, Shiva Nazar Ahari
Alerts | Iran

Jailed Iranian journalists’ health raises alarm

Nazar Ahari is under duress.New York, April 1, 2010—The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed that several Iranian journalists continue to be held in inhumane conditions at the notorious Evin Prison. At least one journalist is reported in deteriorating health, and two are under severe duress to “confess” to charges that could bring execution.

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April 1, 2010 4:40 PM ET |
Tags: Badressadat Mofidi, Imprisoned, Kouhyar Goudarzi, Shiva Nazar Ahari

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