March 29, 2018

Iran Cracks Down on Kurdish Activists After Anti-State Protests

At Least Two Activists Facing “National Security” Charges Iran’s cyber police, known as FATA, and the Intelligence Ministry have summoned rights activists in mainly Kurdish-populated provinces of the country and accused them of protesting ...

April 23, 2015

Cartoon 112: Facebook Users Get Five to Seven Years in Prison

An appeals court in Tehran has sentenced six individuals to prison terms ranging from five to seven years for postings on their Facebook pages. Two additional individuals are facing as of yet unknown ...

September 24, 2014

Viber Company Refutes Tapping Claims by Iranian Officials

"You should know from the cases the Iranian Cyber Police has pursued and concluded that personal messages on Viber, WhatsApp, etc. can be controlled by the Cyber Police," ...

August 11, 2014

Carton 90: “Dastardly and Unfair,” Says Sattar Beheshti’s Mother of Murderer’s Sentence

Almost two years after the death of dissident blogger Sattar Beheshti under torture while in police detention, Cyber police interrogator Akbar Taghizadeh was sentenced to three years in prison, two years in exile, and ...

April 11, 2014

Family of Blogger Killed in Custody Insists on Murder Charges

Sattar Behesti, a blogger who died under torture by a prison interrogator, with his mother. The family of Sattar Beheshti, the blogger who died under torture by his prison ...