Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof sentenced to 8 years in prison and flogging, confirms lawyer

May 09, 2024

Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof has been handed an eight-year prison sentence, as reported by his lawyer.

UK condemns new sentence for dual citizen in Iran

Apr 26, 2021

London [UK], April 26 : UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his foreign secretary Dominic Raab on Monday condemned the new one-year prison sentence...

Iran sentences two women journalists to prison

Oct 22, 2023

Two Iranian women journalists have been given preliminary prison sentences for national security charges on cases related to the Mahsa Amini protests, reported Al...

Iranian filmmaker flees country ahead of Cannes premiere

May 14, 2024

Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof, known for his dissident stance against the Islamic Republic, has fled his homeland amidst an eight-year prison sentence handed down...

Italian journalist Cecilia Sala arrives in Rome after being released from Iranian prison

Jan 08, 2025

Sala works as a reporter for the Italian daily II Foglio, which announced that the journalist arrived in Rome on Wednesday.

Rapper Toomaj Salehi arrested in Iran

Dec 01, 2023

A previously detained Iranian rapper, Toomaj Salehi has been rearrested in northern Iran on Thursday, less than two weeks after his release from prison,...