Iran’s police force have recently announced strict new regulations on women driving cars. Women caught by the police not wearing the hijab will have their cars impounded and hefty fines will be imposed. “From now …
Iranian Army Commander Major General Ataollah Salehi bragged to reporters on Wednesday about Iran’s superior military capabilities to take on any adversary or enemy. “The Army and Armed Forces will not hesitate to give a …
Iran sentenced Reyhaneh Tabatabaei, an Iranian reformist journalist, to one year in prison on Tuesday. She was convicted for “spreading propaganda against the regime”. Tabatabaei was also banned from joining any political party or writing …
A movement is afoot in Iranian social media to challenge regime control over personal identity. First seen in the My Stealthy Freedom movement on Facebook that showed women removing their government mandated headscarfs as a …
Iranian authorities have arrested administrators of more than 20 groups on messaging app Telegram, citing the spread of “immoral content” as the reason. This is the latest detention in a clampdown on freedom of expression …
Iran is going all out in their fight to save Syrian dictator Bashar Al-Assad with their covert operations chief Qassem Soleimani in and out of Syria for high level operations. Iran has become Assad’s ground …
New claims of racism are plaguing the Iranian regime; this time involving ethnic Azerbaijanis answering calls on social media to protest their treatment in Iran. This is the latest in a series of actions targeting …
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 …
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 …
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