CFWIJ and WPF vehemently denounces the Iranian regime's additional punitive sentences against Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Narges Mohammadi and journalists Niloofar Hamedi and Elahe Mohammadi.

The Coalition For Women In Journalism and Women Press Freedom strongly denounces the coerced resignation of Iranian journalist Elnaz Mohammadi from Hammihan newspaper.

In a move that accentuates the mounting concerns over press freedom in Iran, a court in the capital has meted out lengthy prison terms to prominent journalists, Niloofar Hamedi and Elahe Mohammadi.

Journalists Niloofar Hamedi and Elahe Mohammadi are reportedly currently incarcerated in the infamous Evin prison.

It was around noon on Wednesday morning in Iran, when one of our sources informed the CFWIJ that another female journalist in Abadan had been arrested.

We are extremely disturbed by the growing violence against women journalists in Iran, who are one of the primary target of arrests and detentions.

Iran has wrestled with waves of protests after the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who was detained and beaten by the so-called “morality police” for violating the country's hijab law on September 16, 2022.