Iranian Journalists Detained After Security Forces Raid Media Outlet Offices
RFL/RE - Iranian security forces raided a building housing the editorial office of the Fardaye Eghtesad media outlet, detaining an unknown number…
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Iranian Authorities Keep Up Pressure On Teachers Over Support Of Protests
RFL/RE - Several Iranian teachers have been disciplined or have been called for questioning by authorities for their support of the country's…
Women in Northeast Iran Province Barred From Exercising in Parks
Iranwire - Authorities in the northeastern Iranian Khorasan Razavi, which has been at the forefront of imposing restrictions on citizens'…
Iranian Comedian Zeinab Mousavi Summoned to Serve Prison Sentence
Iranwire - Well-known Iranian comedian Zeinab Mousavi, who has spoken against the compulsory hijab in her comic videos, says she…
Iranian Lawyers Go on Trial Over Online Posts
Iranwire - Three Iranian lawyers have been brought to trial on charges that included "propaganda activities against the Islamic Republic,"…
Iranian Economic Reporter Missing After Arrest
Iranwire - Iranian economic reporter Mehdi Afsharnik has remained unaccounted for since last week, when he was arrested by security…
Iranian Activist Parvin-Joda Arrested; Reason, Whereabouts Undisclosed
Iranwire - Iranian security forces have arrested civil activist and former political prisoner Murteza Parvin-Joda in the northwestern city of…
Iranian Journalists Detained in Tehran Offices; Reason Unknown
Iranwire - Family members of journalists and other staff from the Iranian financial news website Farda-e-Eghtesad gathered outside the outlet's…
Dayeh Sharifeh, An Elderly Mother Who Campaigns Against Penalty in Iran
Iranwire - Dayeh Sharifeh had six sons and two daughters. Her youngest son has been executed, while the oldest has…
Iran’s Public Education Heading Back To The 19th Century
iranintl - Iran's modern public education system, established in the 1930s as one of the first in the Middle East,…