Earlier this week, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps arrested a number of individuals for their involvement in a mobile social media network. Over 170 managers of social networking sites were identified, and several were detained by …
November 11, 2015: Two reformist political prisoners of Evin Prison began a hunger strike last Thursday, November 5, after sending a letter to President Rouhani which indicated that they will only stop their strike after their …
November 11, 2015: Jafar Azimzadeh, head of Iran’s Free Trade Union, began his six-year prison sentence on Sunday at 10pm. Azimzadeh was convicted on charges of “propaganda activities against the regime” and “disrupting public order”. …
Iranian women have taken to social media to protest the repressive government practice of legislating what items of clothing can be worn, and what items must be worn. Afraid of violent reprisals and repercussions, these …
Thousands of Iranian citizens, ethnic Azeris, are protesting a racial slur made by state television. The program used the ethnic group as the butt of several tasteless jokes. The show, watched by millions of Iranians, …
Earlier today, about 40,000 workers in Tehran protested in front of the Iranian Parliament. Their complaints included low salaries and poor working conditions. Recently there have been a greater and greater number of uprisings and …
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