CFWIJ and WPF firmly stands against the unjust imprisonment of journalist Nasrin Hassani by Iranian authorities.

The hunger strike, announced by Narges Mohammadi, a journalist and activist enduring solitary confinement for years, is a reaction to the execution of Mohammad Ghobadlou.

Award-winning artist Atena Farghadani taken into custody at Evin Prison in Tehran for posting a satirical political cartoon on her Instagram account.

State authorities continue to persecute women journalists in the country in an attempt to silence the valid human rights concerns they raise. On September 26, Narges Mohammadi confirmed that the courts have sentenced her to prison due to the nature of her work. Less than a month later on October 20, Mehrnoush Tafian's prison sentence was also announced by judicial authorities. The country has a long and worrying history of targeting and silencing women journalists by subjecting them to long prison sentences and the latest example of sentencing two journalists for merely doing their job adds to this concerning trend.

Sepideh Qolian was suddenly shifted to a different prison facility on March 11, without warning. Sepideh is currently serving a five-year-prison sentence for covering a workers’ rally and reporting on the torture she experienced in state detention. During her conflict with state authorities, Qolian has been targeted with a vicious slander campaign on national television, as well as arbitrary legal decisions.

طهران،إيران، 19 أكتوبر—رفض استئناف الحكم الصادر ضد شقيق الصحفية مسيحة النجاد السيد علي ريزا علي نجاد. رفضت محكمة الاستئناف الطعن على حكم الثمانية سنوات الصادر بحق السيد علي ريزا علينجاد. يدين تحالف النساء العاملات بالصحافة هذه الأعمال الانتقامية من قبل السلطات الإيرانية ويطالب بالأطلاق الفوري لسراح شقيق الصحفية مسيحة علي نجاد.

Journalist Masih Alinejad’s brother Alireza Alinejad's appeal on his unjust 8-year sentence has been rejected by the appeal court in Iran. The Coalition For Women In Journalism condemns this retaliatory act by the Iranian authorities and calls for the immediate release of Journalist Masih Alinejad’s brother.

Photographer and women’s rights activist Alieh Motalebzadeh and student and citizen journalist Roghieh (Ashraf) Nafari were summoned an arrest warrant to turn to Tehran’s Evin Prison over charges of “propaganda against the state”.

طهران، إيران، 24 أغسطس،2020—تم القبض علي الصحفية السابقة وناشطة حقوق الإنسان ندا صابوري من قبل ممثلين للمدعي العام بطهران في السابع من أغسطس وتم إيداعها في سجن إيفن لتقضي فترة عقوبة 3 أعوام ونصف. وقد تم اتهام ندا بالتجمهر والتأمر والتظاهر ضد أوضاع السجناء في سجن إيفين في طهران عام 2014.

Nada Sabouri, a former journalist and civil society activist was arrested by representatives of the Tehran prosecutor’s office on 7 August and was taken to Evin prison to serve a sentence of three and a half years in prison. Nada is being charged with “assembly and collusion” for protesting the prison conditions in Evin Prison of Tehran in 2014.

The Coalition For Women In Journalism condemns the sentencing of three Iranian journalists Sepideh Qoliyan, Sanaz Allahyari and Asal Mohammadi for their reporting on labour rights and protests in Ahvaz last year.