The Right to Image and the Politics of Representation/ Mina Javani

Iran’s underground cinema, as a semi-independent and often marginal sector of the country’s film production, has consistently navigated the intersection of legal restrictions, cultural pressures, and media representations. These films, produced outside the official mechanisms of Iranian cinema, not only provide a platform for expressing real social and ecological experiences, but also serve as vehicles […]...

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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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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 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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“Satra and its history, a tool for suppression in the media sphere/ Mostafa Azizi”

To suppress visual media, the Islamic Republic has taken different approaches. They used to think that their control over the radio and television would be permanent and all they needed was to have control over it and exercise complete supervision, and even if they loosened restrictions in cinemas, suppression would still be carried out. At […]...

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Repeated censorship of visual media and its impact on human rights / Abdullah Bai Lashki

Human rights and visual media play a vital role in a free world and act as powerful tools for promoting transparency, accountability, and social justice. In countries that uphold the principles of freedom of expression and information, individuals have the right to produce, access, and share visual media, which can expose human rights violations, document […]...

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