Tehran police have arrested 29 women for appearing in public without a headscarf as protests against the dress code
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Women risking all to defy Iranian mandatory hijab rules
A protest being carried out by women in Iran has recently attracted some attention from the internet. New York Times columnist and feminist author Mona Eltahawy tweeted that six women were arrested on Monday for removing their hijabs in public and waving them around on a stick. Watch the video On Monday, a total of […]
Global rise in internet shutdowns aimed public protest
Governments around the world are increasingly shutting down internet access in an attempt to silence dissent
Supreme Leader Planning New Iranian Internet Restrictions
Many Iranian officials have blamed social media for fomenting unrest that erupted in December
Concern raised over safety of missing Iranian hijab protester
A renowned Iranian lawyer raised concern on Monday over the fate of a woman she said was arrested for posing without a headscarf in Tehran in an image that went viral around the world. The woman has not been seen in public since she stood on a pillar box on one of the city’s busiest […]
Who will lead Iran after Ayatollah Khamenei dies?
Ayatollah Khamenei is 78, and according to many reports, in poor health as well. So what happens when Khamenei dies?
Iran’s Blocking of Telegram App May Have Backfired
Many Iranians now use online tools such as VPNs to bypass government restrictions and have access to the web
The meaning and importance of the 2018 Iranian protests
A series of urban uprisings in Iran that began on Dec. 28 in its second-largest city shocked the country’s Islamic regime
Fears for ’90 university students’ held in Iran crackdown
As Iran’s state TV continues to show pro-regime rallies, fears are growing for those arrested in a crackdown on anti-government protests. More than a week of unrest that started last month saw some 22 people die, with over 1,000 detained, according to Iranian officals. Unrest spread to more than 80 cities and rural towns as […]
How Chinese Democracy Advocates View the Iranian Protests
The protests in Iran are resonating with democracy advocates in and outside of China, many of whom have expressed hope that a similar uprising could come to the tightly ruled country and put an end to tight controls on civil rights and freedoms. At the same time, Chinese authorities have moved quickly to tighten censorship […]