The Art and Artist Rights Violation Statistical Report-July 2026

Row Subject Number of Cases
June July
1 Summon, Issuing and Executing Decree 6 11
2 Detentions 14 7
3 Imprisoned Artists 6 8
4 The Press 2 2
5 The Concerts and Film Screenings Cancellation 1 1
6 Protests and Criticism 2 0
7 Antiquities – Tourism 25 14
8 Protests of January 2026 0 2
Total 56 45

More information:
These statistical reports are from more than 45 news items prepared during July 2026.

These reports were prepared from the website of the Committee for the Defense of the Art and Artist Rights, which was collected from domestic and foreign media such as ISNA, HRANA, IRNA, ILNA, Honar Online, Fars, Keyhan, Mehr News.

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

The Defense of Art and Artists Rights Committee

 

Translated by Alireza Jahan Bin