The Chief of Police in Borujerd, Lorestan province, announced the arrest of three individuals for “blasphemy and insulting the regime online,” as per IRNA. They’ve been detained by judicial order, with their social media page removed. Identities remain undisclosed.

In 2023, the Department of Statistics and Publications of the Human Rights Activists in Iran (HRA) documented 2,380 cases in which citizens, including journalists and civil rights activists, faced legal and security consequences for exercising their freedom of expression and thought. These incidents resulted in the arrest of 3,130 individuals.