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Iran: Rouhani’s insistence on faster internet has staying power

 While previous moves toward more openness in Iran have faltered, President Rouhani's call for faster connection speeds for internet users has carved out common ground with the country's supreme leader. Azadeh Moaveni writes
2014-09-04

Iran: Rouhani’s mixed messages on artistic freedom

 The Iranian cultural sector hoped conditions would take a turn for the better when the more moderate Rouhani took over from hardliner Ahmadinejad. The reality is more complicated, writes Raha Zahedpour
2014-03-03

Iran’s online conservatives skirt social media restrictions

 A new report by Small Media sheds light on the Arzeshi, a hardline, conservative faction of online activists, devoted to the principles of the 1979 revolution and the supreme leader. Milana Knezevic reports
2014-02-06

Iran: Friends with (social media) benefits?

 During the World Economic Forum currently taking place in Davos, Iran’s president Hassan Rouhani dropped some major news -- he doesn't write his own social media messages.
2014-01-23

Being a gay poet in Iran: ‘Writing on the edge of crisis’

 Iran’s government has been increasing pressure on writers and artists over the past few years, but its heavy hand does not strike evenly.
2013-08-14

Hassan Rouhani raises Iranian hopes for free expression

 During his inauguration address, Iran’s new president Hassan Rouhani promised peace and a push towards a more open dialogue with the West. Although it is far too soon to gauge whether his promises will transform into policies as he pushes against Iran’s convoluted theocracy. Small Media reports
2013-08-05

Google reports spike in phishing attacks before Iran’s election

 Attempts to harvest Iranian users web details may be politically motivated, says the Internet giant. Sara Yasin reports
2013-06-13

Iran tightens the screw on free expression ahead of presidential election

 With the 14 June presidential election approaching, Iran’s leaders are moving to prevent the outburst of protest that followed the disputed 2009 poll, by tightening access to the web and silencing “negative” news. Raha Zahedpour reports
2013-06-07

An election that might save books in Iran

 Once the Islamic republic’s biggest cultural event, the Tehran International Book Fair has wilted under President Mahmood Ahmadinejad’s hardline government. Maral Mehryari reports on the recession in Iran’s publishing industry.
2013-05-16

Iran’s attacks on the BBC

 Staff at the BBC's Persian Service face satellite jamming as well as smear campaigns and intimidation, says World Service Director Peter Horrocks
2013-02-18

Iranian blogger detained for criticising regime dies in custody

 Iranian blogger Sattar Beheshti was allegedly tortured to death in a prison in Tehran on Thursday (8 November). Beheshti, 35 was arrested on 28 October by Iranian police on charges of “actions against national security on social networks and Facebook.” The human rights defender had received death threats as a result of his anti-government blog and had […]
2012-11-09

Iran court finds Reuters bureau chief guilty of “spreading lies”

 An Iranian court on Sunday convicted the Tehran bureau chief of the Thomson Reuters news agency of “propaganda-related offences” for a video that briefly described a group of women involved in martial arts training as killers. Parisa Hafezi was found guilty of “spreading lies” against the Islamic system for the February video, which initially carried a headline saying that the women […]
2012-10-02