]> 2026-05-04T12:50:02+00:00 Freedom of the Press/History/Country sources/Iran 0 en Article 20 of the Supplementary Constitutional Law of 7 October 1907 reads: "All publications, except heretical works containing matter harmful to the religion of Islam, are free, and are exempt from censureship. Whenever anything contrary to the law of the press is found in them, the publisher or author will be punished in accordance with that law. If the author is well known and resident in Persia, the publisher, printer and distributor shall be secured from any action being brought against them." Today, Article 24 of the [[Probable year:: 1979]] Iranian Constitution discusses protections for press freedom, with some caveats: “Publications and the press have freedom of expression except when it is detrimental to the fundamental principles of Islam or the rights of the public. The details of this exception will be specified by law” (Constitute Project, “Iran (Islamic Republic of)'s Constitution of [[Probable year:: 1979]] with Amendments through [[Probable year:: 1989]]” ). References: Wright, Herbert F. Constitutions of the States at War 1914-1918 . Washington, U.S. Govt. Print. Off.: https://heinonline-org.proxygw.wrlc.org/HOL/Page?collection=cow&handle=hein.cow/stwar0001&id=499&men_tab=srchresults# “Iran (Islamic Republic of) 1979 (Rev. 1989) Constitution.” Constitute. https://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/Iran_1989. 1979 1989 2443874.5 2447527.5 What is the oldest written source in this country that mentions this right? 2024-03-06T00:26:36Z 2460375.5184722 Freedom of the Press/History/Country sources/Iran Page name 102 en Page name