The censorship of sexuality in the world and Iran / Elaheh Amani.

The organization Reporters Without Borders published its annual report on World Press Freedom Day (in May 2023). In this report, Iran ranked 177th out of 180 countries and Reporters Without Borders evaluated press freedom in Iran as “worrying”. The organization also placed Iran in a low position on the Press Freedom Index and highlighted the […]...

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Why is cultural generalization important? / Mehrdad Naghibi

More than ever, censorship and inspection policies by authoritarian governments have taken complex forms, to the point that in societies under the rule of tyranny and cultural suffocation, censorship and the policy of elimination have become a guillotine. In Iran, the issue of censorship, both in the Shah regime and in the Islamic Republic, has […]...

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Supervision of the national broadcasting network on home display: Positioning/ Farshad Ghani

In the last days of the month of Khordad this year, Fars News Agency reported that “the Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution discussed policies and regulations for the comprehensive audiovisual field in its 30th session, chaired by Seyyed Ebrahim Raisi” and approved the single article “Determination of Requirements for Organizing the Comprehensive Audiovisual Field”. […]...

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The death of “Home Performance” is on the way; an interview with Shahram Alidi/ Delbar Tavakoli.

» “The Iranian cinema, which is a part of the rich identity and culture of Iran today, has been hunched under the sword of arbitrary censorship for years. It does not want and cannot bear another period of erosion, suffering from the spiritual and financial damages of illogical and boundless inspections of the radio and […]...

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“The sword of power over culture; who is the loser? A conversation with Albert Bghzian/Matin Mostafai”

According to the recent decision of the Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution, which was approved in the afternoon session on Wednesday, 30 Khordad, under the leadership of Ebrahim Raisi, the responsibility of monitoring the areas of audio and video platforms and the “Home Display” network will now be under the responsibility of the Islamic […]...

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Home entertainment series, a way to forget / Ali Hosseini

1. In the movie Once Upon a Time in America, David Aaronson (Robert De Niro) returns to his old neighborhood after years and gives a short and thought-provoking answer to the question “What have you been doing all these years?” He says, “I used to go to bed early at night!” Nighttime sleep is a […]...

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Supervision of the National Broadcasting Network on Home Display Network: Conflict between Security Institutions and Celebrities?/ Mehdi Shirzad

Iranian politicians believe that those who are involved in the art business have a great influence on public opinion and are always seeking to attract them. In every election, campaign headquarters compete to bring in celebrities for their campaign photos. They have probably deduced this from the voting statistics of the winning candidate in each […]...

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Support for Home Viewing Network: People’s Need and Time; Two Wings of One Flight / Saeed Maleki

Alvin Toffler, the theorist of the “Third Wave”, believes that after the two agricultural and industrial revolutions, humans have now entered the third revolution; the electronic revolution. He says that the emergence of phenomena has caused chaos and the only way to escape it is to choose a strategy of knowledge against these phenomena. Based […]...

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A Critique of “Ouj Media Organization” / Ali Kalai

From the very first months after the leadership of Ayatollah Khamenei, he tried to implant a concept called “cultural invasion” in people’s minds. A concept that reflected his way of thinking and his approach towards modern human lifestyle. In Azar 1368 (November/December 1989), he stated in a speech, “Now in our schools, streets, frontlines, and […]...

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A look at the disappearance of independence in the home entertainment network / Arash Chakari

If we want to summarize the history of Iranian television after 1357 in one sentence, we can write: A huge cultural and artistic gap between the reality of society and the programs produced. A gap that was mostly evident between the years 68 to 78. The atmosphere of revolutionary society and the subsequent eight-year war […]...

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The heavy shadow of ideology on the fate of celebrities / Keyumars Amiri

“Celebrity” is a title that is used today for many artists and generally prominent and well-known individuals. These are people who are sometimes known and recognized in society for their talent and art, and due to their artistic and literary activities and presence in both physical and virtual spaces, they have a considerable number of […]...

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The home viewing network, the latest victim of suppression / Marzieh Mohabbey.

In Iran, when television was under the monopoly of the government, all windows of critical thinking were closed and all avenues of influence for thoughts, beliefs, and existing discourses were obsessively blocked. As an arm of the security apparatus, it also took on the mission of suppressing the government’s opposition. Some speakers and journalists were […]...

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