The Art and Artist Rights Violation Statistical Report-February 2026

Row Subject Number of Cases
January February
1 Summon, Issuing and Executing Decree 4 8
2 Detentions 3 11
3 Imprisoned Artists 4 6
4 The Press 2 1
5 The Concerts and Film Screenings Cancellation 0 1
6 Protests and Criticism 3 2
7 Antiquities – Tourism 13 23
8 Protests of January 2026 0 28
Total 29 80

More information:
These statistical reports are from more than 80 news items prepared during February 2026.

These reports were prepared from the website of the Committee for the Defense of the Work and Worker Rights, which was collected from domestic and foreign media such as ISNA, Mashregh News, Rokna, Radio Zamaneh, HRANA, IRNA, ILNA, Voice of America Radio, BBC Radio, Iran, Qatar, Radio Farda, the Organization for Human Rights in Iran, the Association of Iranian Journalists, Mehr News Agency, Khorasan News Agency, Qanun Newspaper, Tasnim, and the Baluch Activist Campaign.

The above statistics were collected from domestic and foreign media reports approved by the government of the Islamic Republic of Iran and in practice cannot be more than 25 to 30 percent of the realities of society.

For more information, please visit the following link:

https://honar.bashariyat.org/

Compiler: Hamidreza Mohseni, Pouya Hesabi

The Defense of Art and Artists Rights Committee

 

Translated by Alireza Jahan Bin