Special Police Unit; from the alleys of Mashhad’s seminary to the gardens of Mahshahr/ Maryam Dehkordi

The first time that Iranian citizens heard the name of the special unit may go back to the early 1970s; when one of the first street protests after the revolution took place in Mashhad, one of the most religious cities in Iran, in Bahman 1357. In 1970, the government of Iran merged the city police, […]...

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The Freedom of Iranian Media in the Past Year / Maryam Dehkhordi

The third of May is an annual event that has been celebrated since 1993, coinciding with the forty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly, with the aim of assessing the legal status and actual conditions of media and honoring their work. This day is an opportunity to talk about the fundamental principles of media […]...

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“The plan for protecting the virtual space and the victory of civil society in the fight against censorship and filtering / Maryam Dehkordi”

Morteza Agha Tehrani, the head of the Cultural Commission of the Islamic Consultative Assembly, says “We have firmly stood behind the protection plan” because, according to him, laws have been considered in all countries for “managing the virtual space”. He spoke at the conference “Jihad of Explanation: Strategies, Obstacles, and Solutions” on Friday, 14th of […]...

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