May 7, 2011
Despite strict censorship and bans imposed before and even after new books come out, Iran’s publishing industry continues to survive, if not exactly thrive.
February 28, 2011
As well as showing off four satellites made in Iran, they also announced plans to send a monkey 120 kilometres into space and build a launch pad and a space research centre.
January 30, 2011
If public executions are so frequent that they numb the senses of those who witness them, they are also part of a wider culture in which the spectacle of death is accepted as normal.
January 22, 2011
As further sanctions were added last year, many foreign investors began pulling out, even if the measures did not directly affect their business.
October 21, 2010
Plan to create a separate internet for Iran could leave web users confined to a closed domestic network, cut off from the rest of the world.
October 13, 2010
Derakhshan had hoped to return Iran safely, but hardliners arrested him and made him centrepiece of “coup plot” case.
October 1, 2010
Despite regime’s attempts to block internet access, pragmatic commercial interests dictate trend towards greater openness.
September 3, 2010
Farsi1 satellite TV is now so popular in Iran that it has the authorities seriously worried, even though its content is entertainment, not politics.
July 4, 2010
Over-reliance on activists and pundits means western editors often get it wrong.
May 7, 2010
The Iranian government has effectively encouraged many journalists and political activists to flee the country in order to rid itself of troublesome elements.
