freedom of speech

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  • Sherif Mansour on defending press freedom and Gaza documentary "Journalists Under Fire" 2025-08-24 18:39

    By Sahar Dadjoo

    Exclusive: Gaza killings mirror Israel’s decades of crimes against press, rights activist says

    Sherif Mansour says the bullet that silenced Shireen Abu Akleh now echoes across Gaza

    TEHRAN – The systematic targeting of Palestinian journalists in Gaza by Israeli forces represents a calculated assault not just on individuals, but on the very essence of truth-telling in conflict zones.

  • American filmmaker Robert Greenwald 2025-08-20 20:42

    By Sahar Dadjoo

    Exclusive: American filmmaker exposes Israel’s war on Palestinian journalists

    Robert Greenwald says wearing press vests in Gaza does not protest journalists but make them targets

    TEHRAN - In an exclusive interview with the Tehran Times, American filmmaker Robert Greenwald sheds light on the untold stories of Palestinian journalists who have been systematically silenced during Israel’s ongoing war on Gaza. 

  • Project Esther organized against Pro-Palestine voices in US 2025-06-01 22:58

    By Sahar Dadjoo

    Project Esther: Trump’s blueprint to crush Palestine advocacy

    TEHRAN— A subtle yet pervasive campaign jeopardizing the foundation of free speech and democratic dissent has emerged in the shadow of America's political theater. Project Esther is more than just a policy initiative. It was designed by the Heritage Foundation and is now part of the Trump administration's second term. 

  • Trump against journalists freedom of speech 2025-05-24 20:33

    Pentagon puts new limits on reporters

    U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Friday issued orders that require journalists to have official escorts within much of the Pentagon building, the latest in a series of Trump administration restrictions placed on the press.

  • 5 more journalists killed in Gaza 2025-05-19 22:54

    By Sahar Dadjoo

    Gaza media blackout deepens as Israeli strikes kill five more journalists

    TEHRAN – The killing of journalists in Gaza has reached an unprecedented and alarming scale, as highlighted by the recent report from the Palestine Chronicle detailing the deaths of five more journalists in Israeli airstrikes, bringing the confirmed total to at least 219 Palestinian journalists and media workers as of May 19, 2025. 

  • 5 2025-04-12 20:25

    By Sahar Dadjoo

    Meta's role in silencing Palestinian narratives

    TEHRAN - The current digital age, where social media serves as the primary tool for global communication, is seeing recent revelations about Israel’s efforts to block pro-Palestine content on Meta platforms (Facebook and Instagram), stirring widespread anxiety alongside heated discussions and anger.

  • Massive protests in U.S. universities against Israel's war on Gaza have unsettled Biden's administration 2024-05-05 22:59

    By Matin Jamshidi

    Jews dismayed by Christian Zionists over Gaza war

    TEHRAN - Despite claims, Western countries, particularly the United States which considers itself the leader of the free world, don’t care about human rights, public views, and freedom of speech.

  • US has so far arrested 2,300 students protesting the Gaza war 2024-05-04 00:49

    Iran says student crackdown removes ‘mask of hypocrisy’ from US face

    TEHRAN - Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman on Thursday condemned US authorities for violently cracking down on students protesting against the Israeli relentless war on the Gaza Strip, saying the “mask of hypocrisy” has been removed “from the faces of the false defenders of freedom of speech and human rights”.

  • British Flag 2022-09-14 23:40

    Heavy handed British crackdown against royal dissent 

    The disturbing images of peaceful protesters across the United Kingdom being arrested by police for simply criticizing the British monarchy is yet another reminder of how the UK is not a democratic society and freedom of speech is not respected in the country as its leaders claim.