Hidden Trade of Censorship in Iran/ Samuel Bakhtiyari

Translation: Translated by Samuel Bakhtiyari Author: Patrick Howell O’Neill / Daily Dot While the Iranian government annually spends a heavy amount on censorship and controlling the virtual space, Iranian citizens also bear the same cost to escape censorship. There is a hidden market in Iran with millions of dollars in financial circulation. Security institutions try […]...

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Security culture, everyday culture/ Hossein Torkashvand

Hossein Torkashvand Talking about technology, the internet, and digital security in a time when technology has become ubiquitous and some experts believe that we have become too immersed in technology and the internet, is a difficult task. Why is that? We must walk on the edge of the blade and be careful not to damage […]...

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Standing two Mohammads and one Narges/ Ali Kalaii

Ali Kalai “Being human is a difficult duty. Perhaps these words may initially seem like a mere string of words, following each other and leaving no trace of the contemporary Iranian morning poetry. With a meaning that only evokes a human understanding in the mind. A meaning that is relevant to philosophical understanding and theoretical […]...

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The imprisoned journalist will not be denied/ Sam Mahmoudi Sarabi.

Sam Mahmoodi Sarabi Forget it, but I won’t forget. I have hit the wall so that I remember… so that I don’t forget. I want to remember this curse… Even if one day everyone forgets and only a few friends remain, they will say it was a nightmare. They will say he spoke the truth. […]...

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Execution of Drug Smugglers, an Act Against Sharia and Jurisprudence / Hassan Yousefi Ashkoori

Introduction – General Overview We know that in Islamic punishments and criminal laws, punishments are divided into two categories: hadd and ta’zir. Hadd punishments are laws that are clearly stated in the Quran and authentic prophetic traditions, and are known as “textual punishments”. Ta’zir punishments are punishments that are not explicitly mentioned in the Sharia […]...

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Execution, to be or not to be, that is the question! / Amir Salar Davoudi

The Iranian government has always been questioned in international forums due to the high number of executions carried out within the country. The response from Iranian officials has always been that religious laws prevent the reconsideration of the death penalty in criminal laws. However, this response has never been convincing for questioners and critics, as […]...

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Accompanying the victim child instead of broadcasting their images / Hamed Farmand

The image of a child looking down at the camera, with a crooked face and a bitter smile, accompanied by a text that tells the story of the child’s innocence and the pity of their circumstances, has become an inseparable part of civil and political activities that protest against the situation of a prisoner or […]...

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The possibility of abolishing the death penalty for retribution in Islamic penal law / Mohammad Mohabi

“From ancient times, in various schools of criminal law, the discussion of methods of punishment has been controversial. How should we punish a criminal who disrupts social order and stability? And what should be the result of this punishment?” The late Dr. Naser Katouzian, the undisputed master of Iranian law, in the later years of […]...

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Execution; State Killing and the Flawed Cycle of Violence/ Witness Alavi

The death penalty, which involves taking away a person’s life, is an irreversible punishment. This irreversibility of the punishment, in situations where there is always a possibility of a mistake in judgment, turns it into the worst form of punishment. However, this is not the whole story. Neither the arguments of opponents of this execution […]...

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Human rights, drugs, execution/ Alireza Sarbazi

If you get arrested, the judicial system of no country will easily overlook your mistake. Even if you are detained as a citizen of another country, you will not easily be deported to your home country. The threat of long-term imprisonment and even harsher punishments will always loom over you; we are talking about smuggling […]...

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