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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Implementation of Articles 19 and 20 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in the country / Abdullah Bai Lashki.

Freedom of expression and assembly play a fundamental role in any society and are considered essential pillars of a democratic society. They are also a necessary prerequisite for ensuring support for other fundamental rights of individuals. The freedom of citizens to hold protest gatherings and freely express their opinions nourishes dialogue that ultimately serves the […]...

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How did the Islamic Republic change its strategy in suppressing the virtual voices of the people? / Amir Aghaei

The season of oppressors’ failure. First, it is necessary to mention that when the writer decided to write this article, the conditions were different in two ways. First, it was difficult to predict the continuation of protests for more than two weeks, but this happened for various reasons, similar to many events that have puzzled […]...

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Corruption, a motivation for more suppression/ Abbas Dehghani

Khosrow. Budget. State. Sure. Bar. Shower. Nation. Members of the Islamic Consultative Assembly agreed in an open session on Monday, 8 Aban 1401, after a month of suppression and severe crackdown by the government on Iranian protesters, to increase the salaries of law enforcement and armed forces personnel by twenty percent through the amendment of […]...

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Mehdi Motaharnia: Concerns about social upheavals have created the grounds for the transition from injustice to justice / Ali Kalai

“Concerns about social upheavals on one hand, and the way in which forces deal with these social upheavals on the other hand, have created the grounds for a change and transformation. According to Dr. Mehdi Motaharnia, this could be a reason for the promotion of the police or law enforcement in Iran from within the […]...

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Babak Paknia: The existence of guidance does not coincide with moral, rational, and historical rules/ Roshanak Mehrayin.

In the last week of Shahrivar 1401 (September 2022), Mahsa (Jina) Amini, a young woman who was arrested by the Guidance Patrol in Tehran under the pretext of improper hijab, was transferred to the hospital and a few days later news of her death was announced. Following this incident, which many have called a state-sanctioned […]...

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The illusion of “guidance” / Raha Haghdoust

“Mahsa Amini,” a 22-year-old Kurdish girl from Saqqez, lost her life after being arrested by the Basij forces. She and her brother had traveled to Tehran, and on September 15, 2022, she was detained near Shahid Haghani metro station. After being transferred to the Basij’s “moral-educational” class, she was taken to the hospital due to […]...

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Special Police Unit; from the alleys of Mashhad’s seminary to the gardens of Mahshahr/ Maryam Dehkordi

The first time that Iranian citizens heard the name of the special unit may go back to the early 1970s; when one of the first street protests after the revolution took place in Mashhad, one of the most religious cities in Iran, in Bahman 1357. In 1970, the government of Iran merged the city police, […]...

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The role of physical confrontation in the dominant behavior of the police in Iran / Moein Khazaei

“In the scene of conflict, if he had a spear in his hand, his hand must be broken. If he had a spear in his hand, it would have caused fear and terror, and he would have wielded it, at that moment you must break his leg with a pen.” This is an oral order […]...

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What changes result from changing the organizational structure?/ Delbar Tavakoli

The plan to transform the Islamic Republic’s law enforcement forces into a central command was introduced about two years ago, and the General Staff of the Armed Forces took it seriously. In December of 1400, Ayatollah Khamenei announced his approval of the change in the law enforcement structure, and the law enforcement forces came under […]...

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Replacing the feeling of security with creating security / Niloufar Gachilou

Since the beginning of 1386 (2007), the implementation of projects known as “Improving Social Security” has been on the agenda of the National Police. The aim of this project is to combat crimes such as harassment, theft, distribution of drugs and psychotropic substances, alcohol consumption, violence and harassment, spread of immoral images, lack of hijab, […]...

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