Iran - Tag Results - Committee to Protect Journalists

Program Coordinator:: Sherif Mansour
Research Associate:: Justin Shilad

Tel: +1 (212) 300-9018

+1 (212) 300-9017

Fax: 212-465-9568

330 7th Avenue, 11th Floor

New York, NY, 10001 USA

News outlets targeted in Iran amid run-up to elections

June 10, 2013 5:26 PM ET

New York, June 10, 2013--The Iranian government is attempting to deprive Iranian citizens of meaningful news coverage by blocking several news websites in the run-up to the country's presidential elections on Friday, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today....

CPJ alarmed by Iran's escalating anti-press actions

January 30, 2013 4:26 PM ET

New York, January 30, 2013--The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by the arrest of a another journalist as part of Iran's declared intent to expand a crackdown on the media....

Iran steps up its campaign against the press

October 3, 2012 5:14 PM ET

New York, October 3, 2012--In a flurry of new anti-press actions in Iran, a jury has voted to convict a Reuters bureau chief on anti-state charges while authorities have jailed the head of the state's official news agency, blocked Google...