Tag Archive | Iran
Iran to Start Uranium Enrichment at Underground Site This Month
Satellite image shows a facility under construction inside a mountain located about 20 miles (32 kilometers) north northeast of Qom, Iran. A senior Iranian official says Iran will launch a second uranium enrichment facility later this month at an underground site that is well protected from potential air strikes by nations opposed to the Iranian [...]
Internet Censorship: Iran Criminalizes Antifiltering Methods
Are Millions Of Iranians Criminals? Yes, according to an announcement by Iranian Telecommunications Minister Reza Taghipour, who says the use of antifiltering tools and virtual private networks (VPN) is a crime. Many Iranians use such tools and proxies on a daily basis to bypass the country’s Internet censorship, which is among the world’s toughest. Iran [...]
Iran: Female Blogger Receives 50 Lashes
Written by Fred Petrossian These are the words Iranian blogger Somayeh Tohidloo wrote [fa] in her blog after receiving 50 whip lashes in Evin Prison on September 14, 2011: Be happy, for if you wanted to humiliate me, I confess that I feel my entire body is suffering with degradation. Somayeh was active during the [...]
Syrian Troops Continue Crackdown
Written by Ben Gilbert | Beirut, Lebanon Syria’s security forces continue to crack down on protests in several places, despite international condemnation. Over the weekend, Turkey’s president said Turkey has “lost confidence” in President Bashar al-Assad’s government. Iranian officials also voiced concern at the possible regional implications if the five-month-old uprising is not solved peacefully. [...]
Iran to Shut Down Internet & Start Homebrew Network
Homebrew is a term usually found in certain circles of gamers and “hacker types.” Typically when one speaks of homebrew, one is referring to some type of custom software or software/hardware setup that alters the “out of the box” functionality of a device such as XBox 360, Wii, etc. to allow the unit to perform [...]
Global Press Freedom at Lowest Level in More Than Decade
Freedom House, a U.S.-based group that monitors human rights around the world says the number of people with access to free and independent media has declined to its lowest level in more than a decade. In its newly released annual survey, the group says several key countries saw significant declines last year and that only [...]
Censorship – Cyber Attacks Threaten Internet Freedom
According to one study, cyber attacks, government control and politically motivated agendas are among the top threats to internet freedom. Today, U.S. based watchdog organization Freedom House released a study titled “Freedom on the Net 2011: A Global Assessment of Internet and Digital Media.” The study analyzes 37 countries’ internet accessibility and freedom. Some of [...]
A Look Back 30 Years: Top 25 Censored News Stories of 1981 – #7. THE INSANITY OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS
The more Americans learn about the true hazards of nuclear weapons, the more concerned they are with the possibility of a nuclear holocaust. The national support for a bilateral nuclear freeze is but one example,. Following are some nuclear related stories that could have strengthened the public’s demand for a nuclear-weapons-free future. The failure of [...]
Nobody Wants the New .XXX Sex Domain
Source: ABC – By Robbie Swan Over the last few years we’ve seen various attempts by governments to censor and control the Internet. China has sort to stop criticism of its policies and to suppress the views of dissidents by controlling internet information at its cyber borders and employing large numbers of people to spy [...]
Iran Tries Internet Censorship, Execution As Protesters Demand Democracy
Source: New York Magazine After yesterday’s pro-democracy protests in Tehran, Iranian authorities have started blocking pro-opposition websites and electronic media and greatly slowed broadband speed in major cities. Text-message and mobile-phone traffic has been disrupted, and the word bahman, the current month in the Persian calendar, has been blocked. Authorities have tried to censor [...]
Feb 12, 2002: Iranian Jet Slams Into Mountain
↑ Grab this Headline Animator On this day in 2002, an Iranian passenger jet crashes into the side of a mountain, killing all 117 people on board. Iran Air Tours, a subsidiary of Iran Air, scheduled the Russian-built Tupolev 154 jet to leave Tehran, Iran’s capital city, at 6:30 a.m. It was to be a [...]
