Crackdown in Iran Intensifies as Iran’s Sham Presidential Election Nears
Hundreds of Arrests, Detainees Violently Assaulted and Tortured Global Leaders Must Speak Out Against the Islamic Republic’s Violence June 11, 2024 - Three weeks after ...
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May 13, 2024
Social Media Admin Facing Execution in Iran for Online Posts
Same Judge Sentenced Rapper Toomaj Salehi to Death Few Weeks Earlier Death Sentence for Social Media Posts Shows Intensifying Repression in Iran May 13, 2024 – ...
November 29, 2018
Death of Satirist Alireza Rezaei in Exile Prompts Outpouring of Grief from Iranians Forced by State Repression to Flee Iran
Beloved Blogger Broke Taboos by Writing About Political and Social Issues with Humor November 29, 2018—The death in exile of prominent ...
April 18, 2018
Khamenei’s Dropping of Telegram Channel Lays Groundwork for Banning Messaging App
Most Iranians Distrust Domestic Messaging Apps, Will Use VPNs to Stay on Telegram Two days after the ...
February 3, 2018
170 Iranian MPs Demand Ban on Foreign Social Media Apps
A few weeks after major protests erupted across Iran in December 2017, the majority of the country's lawmakers signed a letter calling for a state ban on foreign social ...
January 31, 2018
Iranians Denounce Acquittal of Quran Reciter Accused of Sexual Abuse
Prominent Quran reciter Saeed Tousi shakes hands with Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. Reformist MP Releases ...
January 12, 2018
Iran Unblocks Widely Used Messaging App Telegram After Two Weeks
It took Iranian President Hassan Rouhani nearly two weeks to lift the ban on the widely used Telegram messaging app, after it was blocked amid state-imposed internet disruption ...
September 28, 2017
Iran’s Judiciary Sues Telegram CEO to Adopt Censorship Policies
A lawsuit has been filed in an Iranian court against the CEO of the ...
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 ...