January 31, 2025 – Iran – Iranian-American journalist Reza Valizadeh, a former presenter for US-funded Radio Farda, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison by […]
January 28, 2025 – Iran – An unnamed journalist from Iran’s state broadcaster IRIB has been detained by Israeli forces in the occupied Palestinian territories, Tehran […]
January 25, 2025 – Iran – Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs, Kazem Gharibabadi, addressed the UN Universal Periodic Review in Geneva, firmly […]
January 23, 2025 – Iran – Iranian journalist and civil rights activist Mehdi Mahmoudian has been imprisoned to serve an eight-month sentence after being convicted of […]
January 23, 2025 – Iran – Iranian authorities have escalated their campaign against independent journalism, increasingly resorting to home raids, court summonses, and threats targeting both […]
January 20, 2025 – Iran – Iranian journalist and documentary filmmaker Mehrdad Aladin was temporarily released on bail after nearly two weeks in detention. Aladin, affiliated […]
January 20, 2025 – Italy/Iran – Italian war correspondent Cecilia Sala, 29, was arrested in Tehran on December 19, 2024, while reporting on assignment for Il […]
January 12, 2025 – Italy/Iran – In a delicate diplomatic maneuver, Italy released Iranian businessman Mohammad Abedini on January 12, 2025, just days after Tehran freed […]
08 January 2025 – Iran – Iranian journalist and documentary filmmaker Mehrdad Aladin was detained in Tehran’s Evin Prison after responding to a summons from the […]