Iran

IMS supports the working conditions of journalists in Iran and those that have been exiled to produce professional content and remain safe. The IMS twinning programme pairs Iranian journalists with Danish counterparts to share best practices and advance journalistic skills. Specifically, IMS focuses training and development into new media opportunities and independent Iranian news radio.

Archive

No place like home for Iranian journalists in exile


Exiled Iranian journalist Sheida Jahanbin. Photo by Sheida Jahanbin/NRK

20.06.2011
"I belong to Iran, not anywhere else,"  says Sheida Jahanbin, an exiled Iranian journalist, who fights for freedom of the press in her home country from the icy fjords of Oslo

The day I left Iran


Asal Akhavan has her own cultural radio
show aimed at exiled Iranians. Photo:
Helle Nordberg/IMS

25.05.2010
Two young Iranian journalists living in exile speak to IMS about their lives and what they perceive as a growing gap between exiled and Iran-based journalists 

New international initiative in support of Iranian media


Nooshabeh Amiri, founder and editor of Rooz Online news in talk with Danish reporter at the Copenhagen meeting. Photo: Lotte Dahlmann/IMS

28.04.2010
A group of exiled Iranian journalists marked the beginning of a new and vital initiative aimed at improving conditions for Iranian media  during a visit to Denmark this week

Opening doors for media in the Arab world and Iran


Satellite dishes on Egyptian rooftops/photo: Rasmus Steen, IMS

27.08.2009
In October, IMS will embark on the third phase of its media cooperation programme in the Arab region and Iran. Despite declining media freedom in the region, the cooperation has so far managed to expand the boundaries of free expression through support of youth television and training of media professionals in film-making and investigative journalism

Iran shuts down journalists' association


Iranian opposition showing its green colours and discontent following the Iranian presidential election 12 June. Photo: Syma Sayyah/Payvand.com

08.08.2009
In a latest crack-down on media and the freedom of expression, Iranian authorities have shut down the office of the Association of Iranian Journalists (AoIJ) in Teheran
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