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Iran: Taking Our Breath Away
We may have taken a break, but the news did not. So happy new year to all of our readers and a quick rundown of what’s […]
#RememberIran, Labor Activists Arrested, House of Cinema, Death of a Maestro
Green Movement: Three Years On This week marked the third anniversary of the demonstrations following Iran’s flawed 2009 presidential elections, which brought the Green Movement to […]
#RememberIran
The hashtag RememberIran is being used on Twitter to share memories from the events of three years ago in Iran. A small sample of the tweets […]
Threat of War, Press TV Attacks, Parliamentary Elections, Amnesty Reports
This week was dominated by news of parliamentary elections, and threats of war, Asghar’s Oscar continued to bring some joy to people and to be a […]
Staging Elections, Cracking Down on Civil Society — Week in Review
Iran’s Civil Society in the News: Arseh Sevom Round-up of Top Stories from the Week of February 19-25 Contents Hunger Strikes and Heresy: Prisoners of Conscience […]
Iran Civil Society News Round Up Week of Feb 14
Arseh Sevom — The Islamic Republic ratcheted up its attacks on Iranian citizens this past week. As you are reading this digest, the Iranian prisoner of conscience Mohsen Aminzadeh, is fighting for his life due to deteriorating health, and the death sentence of
Networking Issue: Letter from the Editor
How does the online environment influence activism?
Iran in Ferment
By 2009, the public was primed to vote Ahmadinejad out, but activists were feeling vulnerable and isolated after years of savage persecution.
As Strong as Our Signal
What happens to all those narratives we post, like, re-tweet, forward, share, forward, and paste after we’re done with them?