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Shirin Ebadi sends letter to UN about closure of Iran’s House of Cinema
Shirin Ebadi writes an open letter to Ahmed Shaheed, Special Rapporteur for human rights in Iran, condemning the closure of Iran’s House of Cinema and stating […]
How do you sanitize the Internet?
Board member Fred Petrossians, writing for Global Voices discusses rumors and plans for total control of the internet by the Iranian state: Iranian authorities see the internet as a real battleground and consider citizen media and social networking as tools of
Urge Iran’s Parliament to Reject Anti-Human Rights Penal Code
Arseh Sevom and United4Iran urge you to send letters protesting discriminatory laws. Click here to join the campaign. The UN Secretary General, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Iran, the UN General Assembly, and the UN Human Rights
Jan 4 — Iran’s House of Cinema Ordered Closed
IRNA reports that the House of Cinema has been ordered closed: Iran’s Minister of Culture Mohammed Hosseini says the ministry determined that the 23-year old institution […]
Arseh Sevom’s 2011 Review
In Arseh Sevom’s first ever newsletter (online here), we looked back at some of the highlights from the pages of our website. Those included: The Protester Change in Tunisia and Egypt Murder of Civil Society in Iran #SecurityFail: Iranian Hackers Target Dutch
Arseh Sevom Annual Report, 2010
By sharing our struggles as well as our successes, we demonstrate our trust in our stakeholders to help us do everything possible to become successful in our mission to promote a vibrant civil society in Iran and related communities.
DEC — Iran’s House of Cinema Declared Illegal
The Iran Public Culture Council ruled that Iran’s House of Cinema was illegal. The decision was made to settle a lawsuit filed in early December against the organization by the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance. The House of Cinema, which began as a gov
Protest and Advocacy on Arseh Sevom
Arseh Sevom — With the announcement from Time Magazine that The Protester is this year’s person of the year, we thought this was a good time to remind our readers of all the great content on Arseh Sevom’s English site related to protests, demonstrations, and a
The Protester, Time’s 2011 Person of the Year
Arseh Sevom — In 2009, hundreds of thousands, maybe millions, of Iranians took to the streets to express their desire for more open and democratic governance. Most were wary of revolutionary promises and seeking reform with space to participate in society. “I