The Art and Artist Rights Violation Statistical Report-March 2026

Row Subject Number of Cases
February March
1 Summon, Issuing and Executing Decree 8 1
2 Detentions 11 4
3 Imprisoned Artists 6 5
4 The Press 1 3
5 The Concerts and Film Screenings Cancellation 1 0
6 Protests and Criticism 2 1
7 Antiquities – Tourism 23 19
8 Protests of January 2026 28 21
Total 80 54

More information:
These statistical reports are from more than 54 news items prepared during March 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