Two Poets Released

PEN International and Freemuse welcome the release on bail of poets and lyricists Fatemeh Ekhtesari and Mehdi Moosavi on January 14, 2013. More

Censorship and Power in Iran

As Iran heads towards elections in June, the government is once again engaging in a campaign of arrests, repression and harassment against the media. This evening explores the… More

Iran’s Media Crackdown Intensifies

(May 11) - Hard-line Iranian officials often speak with admiration about the "China model" of economic development and political control. Iran has clearly failed to equal China in terms… More

Writers Press Iran to Release Jailed Colleagues

A coalition of free expression organizations delivered a petition to the Islamic Republic of Iran’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations calling on the Iranian government to release dozens… More

Talking Iran

PEN American Center, The New York Review of Books and the 92nd Street Y’s Unterberg Poetry Center will host a discussion about the Iranian elections; the program is set… More