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Iranian journalist ordered to appear in Revolutionary Court

Prominent Iranian journalist and IPI World Press Freedom Hero Mashallah Shamsolvaezin has been requested to appear in front of Iran’s Revolutionary Court within three days, sources told the International Press Institute (IPI) on Sunday. In a separate letter Shamsolvaezin received from the Revolutionary Court, the journalist was also informed that he was banned from travelling […]

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Iran trial for U.S. journalist resumes behind closed doors

As Iran’s trial of Washington Post correspondent Jason Rezaian on espionage charges resumed this week behind closed doors in Tehran, the International Press Institute (IPI) condemned the journalist’s ongoing imprisonment and the lack of transparency in the case, and called for his immediate release. The Iranian-American journalist is being held on charges of spying and […]

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IPI awards prominent Iranian journalist its highest honour

The International Press Institute (IPI) today announced that Iranian journalist Mashallah Shamsolvaezin has been named the IPI World Press Freedom Hero. Shamsolvaezin is the former editor, and in some cases founder, of four reformist dailies, Kayhan, Jame’eh (later Tous), Neshat, and Asr-e Azadegan, which were all successively shut down by Iran’s authorities. He was jailed numerous […]

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Reuters Tehran bureau chief found guilty over ‘Ninja video’

On Sunday, a special press court in Iran convicted Thomson Reuters’ Tehran bureau chief Parisa Hafezi of propaganda against the Islamic Republic for a video story in February that mistakenly described a group of female martial arts students as ninja “assassins”, reports said. A court sentence is expected within a week. After the martial arts […]

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