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Saharkhiz, a prominent Iranian journalist, was arrested on November 2, 2015, for “insulting the Supreme Leader,” and “propaganda against the regime,” his son Mehdi told CPJ. The next day, local media outlets with close ties to Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps reported that five local journalists had been arrested for being part of an “infiltration network”…
Saharkhiz, a prominent Iranian journalist, was arrested on November 2, 2015, for “insulting the Supreme Leader,” and “propaganda against the regime,” his son Mehdi told CPJ. The next day, local media outlets with close ties to Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps reported that five local journalists had been arrested for being part of an “infiltration network”…
New York, April 28, 2017–Iranian authorities should immediately drop all charges against freelance journalist Issa Saharkhiz, who was sentenced yesterday to one year in prison, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. The sentence was handed down the day after Saharkhiz was released from jail on a separate charge, according to the journalist’s son and…
New York, August 10, 2016–A revolutionary court in Tehran sentenced the prominent Iranian journalist Issa Saharkhiz to three years in jail on August 8 for “insulting the Supreme Leader” and “propagating against the state,” according to his lawyer, Mahmoud Alizadeh Tabatabaei, and news reports.
Iran has a history of cracking down on the independent press ahead of elections, with authorities arresting journalists and forcing reformist outlets to shut down. As Iranians prepare to vote in presidential and city council elections on May 19, authorities have turned their attention to Telegram, arresting several channel administrators for the app.
New York, March 15, 2017–Iranian authorities should immediately release Ehsan Mazandarani, Hengameh Shahidi, and all journalists jailed for their work, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. The arrests come ahead of presidential elections scheduled for May.
Governments using anti-state legislation to silence the press New York, January 26, 2017–The Committee to Protect Journalists today launched its annual Free the Press Campaign to raise awareness of journalists imprisoned worldwide with an event at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism. This year, the campaign will highlight the cases of 10 journalists imprisoned around…
#FreeThePress Free the Press is campaign run by CPJ to raise awareness and take action around the cases of 10 journalists imprisoned on anti-state charges like terrorism charges. In its most recent prison census, CPJ found that 182 of 259 jailed journalists were serving sentences for anti-state charges. Since 2001, governments have repeatedly exploited national…