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Five Years Too Many

14 May 2013

14 May 2013 marks the fifth anniversary of the arrest…

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Supreme News

05 May 2013

Cybernews Supreme Council of the Cyberspace Ali Khamenei,…

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Continuous Torture of the Beheshti Family and Other Stories

19 Apr 2013

Continuous Torture of the Beheshti Family After nearly…

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Online Activism

04 Apr 2013

The Bobs: Online voting starts Internet users around…

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UN Special Rapporteur's Mandate Extended amidst Continuous Violation of Human Rights

28 Mar 2013

UN Human Rights Council Renews the Special Rapporteur’s…

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Access to the Internet and Islamic Republic’s Paranoia

14 Mar 2013

Access to internet and Islamic Republic’s Paranoia…

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Iran, Enemy of the Internet

14 Mar 2013

Iran, Enemy of the Internet Reporters Without Borders…

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Iran Online: Creating a safer place for dissent

13 Mar 2013

Iran Online: Creating a safer place for dissent Digital…

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Continuous violation of Human Rights in Iran

07 Mar 2013

Shaheed: Iran continues violating obvious human rights…

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Public Executions in Iran – Then and Now

28 Feb 2013

It was a hot day in June 1986 in the Kurdish region…

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Arrest and fresh restrictions on journalists

28 Feb 2013

Restriction on journalist in the parliament Iran’s…

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Computer Crimes beef up prior to election

14 Feb 2013

Types of Internet crimes around the presidential campaigns…

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Lifting Iran’s Electronic Curtain Means Keeping Up with the Cyber Army

07 Feb 2013

Last year, in remarks commemorating Nowruz, the Persian…

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Arrests continue

07 Feb 2013

A Second Round of Journalists Arrested  Another…

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Pressure Builds

31 Jan 2013

Continued Pressure on the Press  Security forces…

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Visit to Evin

24 Jan 2013

Sotoudeh’s short leave cut shorter  Reza…

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Islamic Republic of Iran: A New Generation of Digital Media Under Threat

26 Nov 2012

I was escorted down a long corridor to the hotel room. …

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And the Sakharov Prize goes to …

02 Nov 2012

Nasrin Sotoudeh and Jafar Panahi won the prestigious…

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‘No Execution’ is an insult to all Muslims

25 Oct 2012

“How dare you insult Muslims’ rights? Execution…

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Booze, Drugs, and Blogs

19 Oct 2012

It only takes a quick search in Google to realize that…

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The unforgotten

12 Oct 2012

The 2013 Students Peace Prize was awarded to Majid…

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The Speech Squeeze

24 Sep 2012

Poker. Rumi. The US Postal Service motto: Neither snow…

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Women need no education

09 Aug 2012

Arseh Sevom reports that a new ban will prevent female…

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No more ‘Chicken Run’ for you

26 Jul 2012

Ahmadi Moghadam, the chief of Iran’s police,…

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Ahmadinejad under fire?

12 Jul 2012

The Student Basij forces have written an open letter…

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Save my soul

05 Jul 2012

A note of gratitude to our Morality Police In their…

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No football for women

14 Jun 2012

The live broadcast of Euro 2012 in cinemas has been…

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On Campus

07 Jun 2012

Article 19 joined 16 other non-governmental organizations…

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Joint Statement on the Right to Education and Academic Freedom in Iran

31 May 2012

Abdorrahman Boroumand Foundation * Amnesty International…

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The Usual

17 May 2012

As I was picking titles for the pieces below, it struck…

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Spot the irony

10 May 2012

In a reaction to cabinet’s recent decree on the…

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Haraam internet campaign

03 May 2012

Haraam, the opposite of halaal, is an action …

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Separations

26 Apr 2012

Narges Mohammadi, deputy chair of Iran’s Defenders…

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Basij Broadcasting Corporation

19 Apr 2012

An Internet specialist in the Revolutionary Guards…

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We don’t need no education!

12 Apr 2012

Kamran Daneshjoo, Minister for Education, Research…

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Keep it up, brothers!

05 Apr 2012

Zendegi-e Khosusi (Private Life) and Gasht-e…

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A taste of freedom

23 Mar 2012

Let’s start the year with some good news. The…

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Is there anybody out there?

15 Mar 2012

In what is going to be my last blog of the Iranian…

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It's always the Brits!

09 Feb 2012

While the waters in the south of the country are becoming…

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Cyber Wars: Attack of the Clone

03 Feb 2012

Being a constant visitor of a large number of Iran-related…

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Shark Attacks Internet!

12 Jan 2012

‘National or Halal Intranet’, harsher sanctions,…

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Islamic Republic of Iran: Computer Crimes Law

11 Jan 2012

Executive summary The Computer Crimes Law of the Islamic…

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Tips on avoiding censorship and other legal battles

30 Dec 2011

Mohammad Jafar Mohammadzadeh, a Ministry of Culture…

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Identified Flying Object

22 Dec 2011

Thank you Father Christmas!  In addition to the…

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Farce Fiction

01 Dec 2011

Jules (to Vincent): We should have shotguns for this…

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All the President’s Men

24 Nov 2011

The daily newspaper, Iran was raided last week and…

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A change of seasons?

10 Nov 2011

While some were enjoying the first snowfall of the…

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Fashion? What fashion?

03 Nov 2011

The chief’s new clothes The Chief of Tehran…

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No leave until further notice

27 Oct 2011

Prisoners of conscience and political activists in…

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Something to remember us by...

20 Oct 2011

You are free, but give us a minute to flog you Amin…