Akbar Ganji | Status: Displaced/In Exile | Iran
Akbar Ganji is considered Iran's leading investigative journalist. He is also the author of the best-selling book Dungeon of Ghosts, a collection of Ganji's newspaper articles published in early… More
Hojjatoleslam Hasan Yousefi Eshkevari | Status: Released | Iran
Eshkevari was released from prison on February 6, 2005. He was freed after serving two-thirds of his seven-year jail term. A condition of his release is that Eshkevari will… More
Siamak Pourzand | Status: Deceased | Iran
Siamak Pourzand was a journalist and film critic. He was manager of the Majmue-ye Farrhangi-ye Honari-ye Tehran, a cultural center for writers, artists, and intellectuals. More
Ramin Jahanbegloo | Status: Released | Iran
Academic and writer Ramin Jahanbegloo was arrested at Tehran airport on April 27, 2006, as he was about to leave for an international conference in Brussels, and his house… More
Azeri Poets Released
PEN International welcomes the release on September 4, 2012, of Azeri writers Farid Huseyn and Shahriyar Hajizade, who had been held in Iran since May 2, 2012. According to… More
Human Rights Defender and Journalist Nargess Mohammadi Released
PEN International welcomes the release on bail of prominent Iranian human rights activist and journalist Nargess Mohammadi on July 30, 2012. PEN continues to call for all charges against… More
Mounting Concerns for Two Detained Azeri Poets
PEN International is seriously concerned for the welfare of Azeri writers Farid Huseyn and Shahriyar Hajizade, who have been held without charge in Iran since May 2, 2012. PEN… More
Serious Concerns for the Health and Safety of Nargess Mohammadi
PEN considers the detainment of journalist Nargess Mohammadi a violation of Article 19 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, to which Iran is a party, and… More
Two Members of the Iranian Writers Association Arrested
Translator and women’s rights activist Manijeh Najm Eraghi (aka Araghi) and economist and writer Fariborz Raisdana, who were detained on June 3, 2012, and May 21, 2012, respectively for… More
Activist and Journalist Nargess Mohammadi Summoned to Serve Six-Year Sentence
Human rights activist and journalist Nargess Mohammadi is in detention, having been summoned to serve a six-year prison term on April 21, 2012. More
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