Publication Manager of Baztab Negar: Censorship in the book industry is more prevalent than in other fields / Ali Kalaii.

“We are both private and bear the burden of government surveillance. This is a statement from a publisher who has been active in the field of publishing for years. According to him, the publishing industry, specifically independent publishing in Iran, does not receive government subsidies or financial aid, but is heavily controlled by the government […]...

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Critical Thinking/ Sayed Mohammad Safi

My colleagues from “Peace Line” have asked me to share some points with our esteemed readers about the role of literature in fostering critical thinking and to encourage those interested to explore this necessary matter. How can accessing and researching the ancient literary roots of our culture contribute to the expansion and development of “critical […]...

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Censorship of books with semi-legal tools / Ehsan Haghi

A book is considered one of the most important tools for the transmission and dissemination of ideas. Therefore, one of the important measures of freedom of expression in a society is the freedom of individuals to express their thoughts and beliefs in the form of a book. Like all human rights and freedoms, freedom of […]...

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A look at the pen against the sword of censorship / Arash Chakari

Censorship, subjective monitoring in cultural affairs, removal of artistic content through legal and illegal means, forced revision and rewriting, imposition of cultural preferences on the content of works, threats and intimidation, and countless other words and lines can be considered as subsets of this word: “censorship”; which is another name for all the lines above. […]...

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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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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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The Mystery of Book Counting in Iran / Reza Najafi

“درود به همه” “Greetings to all” Reza Najafi “This is one of the wonders of our time. Fifty years ago, during the reign of Reza Shah, when the population of Iran was not even thirty million, the number of book copies in this country reached up to three thousand, more or less. But now, with […]...

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