Forgiveness: A Growing Anti-Death Penalty Movement in Iran
HRW - With 253 executions in 2018—including six people executed for offenses they allegedly committed as children—Iran is still among…
Science and Technology
Tehran Develops New Short-Range Missiles
Radiofarda - Mehr news agency in Iran says Iran has "designed and manufactured" three new types of missiles. According to…
Prosecutor General’s Cyber Division Launches New Online Censorship Center in Iran
CHRI - Some Internet Users in Iran Warned of Prosecution for Accessing Blacklisted Websites In 2019, Iranian media outlets began…
12 Conservationists Detained Without Counsel in Iran’s Kurdistan Province
CHRI - Twelve of the 20 environmental conservationists arrested in Iran’s Kurdistan Province in January and February 2019 remain in…
University Of Tehran Conference To Discuss Role Of Technology In Natural Disasters Relief
PayvandNews - The University of Tehran's science and technology park will host a conference on the role of technology in…
Iran’s Social-Media Struggles Laid Bare By Telegram And Cleric’s Viral Moment
RFL/RE - About a year ago, Iran blocked the highly popular messaging app Telegram, an encrypted tool that half the…
350 volunteer groups offering services in flood-affected areas of Iran
PayvandNews - More than 350 volunteer groups of people are providing services to the provinces haunted by flood across the…
Iranians Return To Banned Telegram As It Proves Effective In Flood Relief
Radiofarda - One year after popular messaging service Telegram was banned in Iran in the aftermath of early 2018 mass…
Submarine Battery Explosion In Iran’s Military Shipyard Kills Three
radiofarda - A “battery explosion” in Iran’s submarine building center in Persian Gulf port city of Bandar Abbas killed several…
Report: US Experts Tie Iran-Linked Group to 2 Cyberattacks on Britain
VOA - Britain’s Sky News says U.S.-based cybersecurity experts have found that a group linked to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard…