A Reflection on the Phenomenon of Online Violence/ Mina Khani

Mina Khani When we talk about online violence against women, what are we talking about? Research from the B.S.I. Institute in Germany shows that 12% of internet users have been victims of online violence at least once. This online violence includes sexual harassment, with the majority of victims being women between the ages of 14 […]...

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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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About the paradox of executing successful murderers; in conversation with Mohammad Mostafaei/ Farnaz Kamali.

Conversation with Faranaz Kamali On the eve of the Persian New Year, angry men in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, killed a woman named Farokhondeh with their fists, sticks, and stones, under the assumption that she had burned a copy of the Quran. They then set her body on fire. The immediate release of photos […]...

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Conversation with Sahar Zahoori and Shiva Amelirad, two members of the teachers’ guild / Mohammad Habibi

Conscious female teachers and professional behavior. Mohammad Habibi The 17th of Ordibehesht month was the third nationwide gathering of teachers in the academic year of 93-94, which was held in a magnificent and coordinated manner across the country. The extensive organizational order and the teachers’ commitment to silence during recent protest gatherings have been a […]...

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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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Book Introduction: Virtual Social Networks and Social Capital

Morteza Esmaeelpour The book “Social Media and Social Capital” is written by Mohammad Reza Haghighi. He has also published other books and articles on social media and the role of mass media in public persuasion. Among his works, “New Public Opinion” with an introduction by Professor Yahya Kamalipour can be mentioned. Mohammad Reza Haghighi is […]...

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Hope and despair in Qazal Hasar Prison in Karaj; in conversation with an executed prisoner/ Simin Rouzgar.

Hope and despair, together, are intertwined in Karaj’s Qezel Hessar prison – one of the largest prisons in the Middle East – despite thousands of prisoners under death sentences. It has been a few months since prisoners have heard whispers that the current laws regarding issuing death sentences for drug-related crimes may change; on one […]...

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Narges Mohammadi: Drug traffickers are victims of poverty / Ali Kalaii

Prior to 1390 (2011), possession, buying, and selling of certain drugs such as hashish and industrial drugs did not carry the death penalty. However, the Expediency Discernment Council declared in a resolution that anyone carrying, buying, selling, or possessing more than 30 grams of these types of drugs would face the death penalty. This resolution […]...

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Mahmoud Amiri Moghadam: They admitted that execution is not the right way to fight against drugs / Forough Kamali

Dr. Mahmoud Amiri Moghadam, born in 1350 in Kerman, is a professor at the School of Medicine in Oslo, Norway. His doctoral thesis in the field of neurology is recognized as the best research in the field of medicine, and for this reason, he has received an award from the King of Norway. Dr. Amiri […]...

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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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