An Iranian teenager was detained after she posted videos on social media of herself dancing to pop music without wearing a headscarf.

On 4 November 2017, poet and activist Dr. Sedigheh Vasmaghi was released on bail after having been detained in Tehran's Evin prison since 22 October 2017.

Poet Reza Ekvanyan has been sentenced to three years in prison and 40 lashes on charges of “propaganda against the state” and “insulting the sacred”.

The popular Iranian streaming movies website, TinyMoviez, which featured pirated material, was shut down for distributing “indecent” foreign films.

Poet Omid Aghdami has been missing since 5 October 2017, two days after he tweeted that Intelligence Ministry agents had searched his home.

Baha’i singer and composer Behnam Rouhani-Fard was released from prison on 3 October 2017 on bail after spending one month in solitary confinement.

Iranian filmmaker Keywan Karimi was released from Evin Prison on 19 April 2017 after serving nearly five months of a one-year sentence.

Artists & supporters of artistic freedom worldwide called for the release of 2 artists in a public letter sent to the newly re-elected Iranian president.

Artists & supporters of artistic freedom worldwide called for the release of 2 artists in a public letter sent to the newly re-elected Iranian president.

Center for Human Rights in Iran reported that music producers Mehdi & Hossein Rajabian returned to prison after their furlough request was denied.