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Tag: Iranian journalists
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Journalist to Serve two Years in Prison for Insulting Iranian Officials
Judge Mohammad Moghiseh of Branch 28 of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Court had sentenced Kazemi to 4.5 years in prison on several charges including insulting the…
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Reformist Journalist Hengameh Shahidi on Hunger Strike after Arbitrary Arrest
Hengameh Shahidi, a reformist member of the Etemad Melli Party and a former adviser to opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi has been on hunger strike…
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Iran Violently Arrests Journalists before the Summer Presidential Election
With the approach of the presidential elections in Iran in summer 2017, journalists appear to be facing a new wave of persecution from the…
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IRGC arrests of journalists credited with media impact
The Tasnim news agency, which is linked to Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), says the change in leadership at Persian BBC is a result…
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Judiciary denies reports of social media arrests in Qazvin
The spokesman for Iranian judiciary has denied that people linked to social networking sites in Qazvin have been arrested. Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei said on…
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Journalist banished to exile after completing prison term
Ahmad Zeidabadi, a jailed Iranian journalist who reached the end of his prison term on Thursday May 21, was immediately transferred to Gonabad to…