Iran Protests: 40 Jailed Journalists are Tip of the Iceberg
A reporter in Iran has told Journalism is Not a Crime that more than 40 journalists from across Iran have been arrested, summoned or threatened after recent nationwide protests. On Tuesday, October 1, 2022, the Association of Iranian Journalists published a list of those arrested since the beginning of the protests, by province and city, according to which 23 journalists and media activists have been arrested. Journalism is Not a Crime has also confirmed the identity of 27 journalists arrested in nationwide protests.
Top Sociologist Barred from Leaving Iran: My Covid-19 Book Upset the Regime
Saeed Madani, an Iranian sociologist and journalist, learned this month that he had been barred from leaving the country. The IRGC blocked him at the airport from boarding a flight to Connecticut, ahead of a planned one-year sabbatical at Yale University.
