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Acclaimed Iranian photojournalist Yalda Moaiery received a fifteen-year prison sentence. Her work documenting dissent and women's lives led to these charges. Authorities accused her of interviews and providing photographs to hostile organizations. Moaiery's home was raided, and her electronic equipment was confiscated by security forces. She remains committed to documenting…

Independent media and human rights groups report arrests and physical assault as authorities try to suppress news of protests

In the first days of the protests that have swept across Iran, a journalist called Reza was beaten by riot police and had his press card confiscated. Then, after sharing a post about the protests on social media, he was suspended.

Iran is stepping up arrests of activists and journalists in a crackdown against civil society as anti-regime protests rage nationwide, activists say. Twenty journalists have been imprisoned since the protests erupted earlier this month over the death of Mahsa Amini, 22, who had been arrested by the country's notorious morality…