کیهان
Kayhan is the hardline Iranian daily whose editor, Hossein Shariatmadari, is Khamenei’s appointee and a documented inciter against named critics.
Glossary
صبح صادق
Sobh-e Sadeq is the official weekly newspaper of the Representative of the Supreme Leader inside the IRGC. It has been published every Monday since 2000.
سپاه خبر
Sepah Khabar is the IRGC’s internal news bulletin, used for force-wide coordination and political messaging inside the organisation.
فارس نیوز
Fars News is an IRGC-affiliated agency founded in 2003. Its internal bulletins were hacked in November 2022, exposing how the regime briefs the Supreme Leader.
تسنیم
Tasnim News Agency is an IRGC-affiliated outlet launched in 2012, the regime’s anglophone-facing channel for the official line on Iran.
آرمیتا گراوند
Armita Geravand collapsed on the Tehran metro on 1 October 2023 after an alleged encounter with hijab enforcers. She died on 28 October 2023.
محمد مهدی کرمی
Mohammad Mehdi Karami was 22 when Iran hanged him on 7 January 2023 after a televised trial his lawyers called a torture-extracted confession.
ستاره تاجیک
Setareh Tajik was 17 when she was beaten to death in Tehran during the October 2022 protests. Her family was pressured into silence.
مهرشاد شهیدی
Mehrshad Shahidi was beaten to death by security forces in Arak on 26 October 2022, two days before his 20th birthday.
عرفان رضایی
Erfan Rezaei was a 21-year-old shot dead in Amol on 21 October 2022 during the Mahsa Movement protests.