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November 6, 2024

Freedom of speech

Government Pressure on Journalists Regarding the Tabas Mine Tragedy/ Sina Yousefi

The tragic “Tabas Mine” incident, which involved an explosion or collapse in one of the coal mines in the region, claimed the lives of several workers and left many families mourning. This incident is one of those bitter events that once again highlights the fundamental problems in the field of workplace safety and the lack […]...

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Created By: Sina Yousefi
October 22, 2024

Verification of “repentance” and regret from the perspective of human rights / Seyyed Mohammad Sohofi

I am neither a legal expert, nor a judge, nor an expert in Islamic jurisprudence. Rather, in this short note, I am trying to share my understanding of the guidelines for repentance (the notification of the head of the judiciary of the Islamic Republic in July 1403) with you; although, due to my lack of […]...

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Created By: Seyed Mohammad Sohofi
July 22, 2024

The story of a painful day in journalism in Iran / Hormoz Sharifian

In Iran, the day of the journalist is marked by the name “Mahmoud Saremi”. On August 8, 1998, one of the journalists of the IRNA news agency, along with several employees of the Islamic Republic consulate, was killed by Taliban forces in the city of Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan. Since then, August 8 has been designated as […]...

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Created By: Hormoz Sharifian
July 22, 2024

Compulsory hijab: A violation of women’s freedom of speech and movement / Abdullah Bai Lashki

In recent years, Iranian society has witnessed a renewed effort to enforce strict regulations regarding the dress code and hijab for women in public spaces. These actions, aimed at imposing a specific type of dress on women, have sparked significant debates both domestically and internationally. This article aims to examine the recent actions of the […]...

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Created By: Abdullah Bai Lashaki
May 21, 2024

Privacy, threat and limitation/ Hormoz Sharifian

Privacy and personal freedoms are one of the most valuable rights of citizenship that people in most countries around the world have fought hard and sometimes bloody battles to obtain. These are the divine and human rights that God has bestowed upon them. Privacy and personal freedoms are subsets of social freedoms, and true democracy, […]...

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Created By: Hormoz Sharifian
February 20, 2024

The Great Battle of Our Time over Personal Boundaries; In Conversation with Ehsan Shahghasemi/ Matin Mostafaei

The discussion of “citizenship rights” has had many ups and downs throughout history, starting with political rights in ancient Greece and later evolving into cultural, social, and civil rights. Recently, with the expansion of digital technologies and virtual space, the topic of citizenship rights in the digital and virtual realm has gained attention. For years, […]...

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Created By: Matin Mostafaei
January 21, 2024

Hossein Ansari Rad, representative of the parliament’s eras: Mandatory hijab is forbidden for Muslims / Ali Kalaii

CCTV cameras and their use for monitoring individuals who do not wear mandatory hijab have become a challenging issue. Some consider it as a replacement for the morality police, while others have spoken out against its legality. Hossein Ansari Rad, representative of the first and sixth sessions of the Islamic Consultative Assembly, tells Khat-e-Solh magazine […]...

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Created By: Ali Kalaei
January 21, 2024

Human Rights in the Era of Digital Authoritarianism/ Amin Qazaei

Does emerging technology strengthen individual freedoms or make authoritarian governments more capable of controlling and monitoring citizens? In response to this issue, there has always been a simple analytical framework: on one hand, information technology, with the emergence of the internet and later social networks, facilitates and accelerates the free flow of information and increases […]...

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Created By: Amin Ghazaie
January 21, 2024

“Balancing Security and Privacy: Lessons from Iran’s Surveillance Tactics / Alireza Goodarzi”

The real world is not like a movie or a novel. In the real world, there are no spies with small devices taking pictures from behind tall walls, and no “big brother” watching inside our homes, lest someone have secret notes. At least our imagination is that we have not yet reached that point. But […]...

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Created By: Alireza Goodarzi
January 21, 2024

The Struggle for Anonymity in Iran / Abdullah Bai Lashki

With the advancement of technology and increase in global communication, the sanctity of privacy and the shield of anonymity are facing unprecedented challenges. This struggle is nowhere more evident than in countries where government surveillance casts a shadow over everything. Iran, with the use of a powerful surveillance apparatus, appears as a focal point for […]...

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Created By: Abdullah Bai Lashaki
January 21, 2024

Censorship and Censor; A Journey Traveled / Seyed Mohammad Sahafi

1- In 43, I was six years old when they took me to Savak Qom to visit my father who was in temporary detention at the branch of this organization on Station Street in Qom. They had taken him there to punish and intimidate him because he had been selling and distributing the banned book […]...

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Created By: Seyed Mohammad Sohofi
January 21, 2024

Internet Execution Season/ Barbod Mirage

The chain of deliberate and unintentional events in the government of Ebrahim Raisi has led to the satisfaction of the internet in Iran reaching its lowest level. The 34% increase in internet prices was the final link in this chain that brought us to this point. But why have governing institutions, especially the government, raised […]...

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Created By: Barbad Mirage
January 21, 2024