All 27 members of the Executive Board of the International Press Institute (IPI), the world’s oldest global press freedom organisation, today passed a resolution strongly condemning an escalating campaign by the Iranian government to silence free and independent media in Iran. International broadcasters including the BBC, Deutsche Welle and Voice of America have all recently […]

Iran has begun a widespread campaign of terror against independent media ahead of a 2 March parliamentary election. Amnesty International this week reported on the arrests of 12 journalists and social media activists, while the BBC’s Persian service confirmed that the Iranian government was continuing to pressure it by taking family members of its London-based […]

A man interviewed by the BBC Persian service, Hasan Fathi, has been detained by security agents, according to international media reports. Fathi was reportedly interviewed on Saturday about the blast at an ammunition depot that killed at least 17 soldiers. The BBC has said it has no employees in Iran, and had interviewed Fathi only […]

Iranian sports reporter and photographer Maryam Majd has been arrested and jailed in Tehran’s Evin prison, according to the Los Angeles Times. The reason for her arrest is still unknown, but International Campaign for Human Rights reports that Majd phoned her family on 21 June, five days after she was taken from her home by […]