Iran

Iran

79 million people

4,520 USD GNI (PPP)

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Not Free

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Press Releases Iran: Prisoners’ Hunger Strikes Part of President’s Human Rights Failures January 6, 2017 Eight prominent political prisoners are risking their lives with hunger strikes to protest inhumane conditions and Rouhani's inaction on human rights.	Press Releases Iran Sentences Iranian-Americans to 10 Years October 19, 2016 Iran sentenced three Iranian-Americans to 10 years imprisonment on politically-motivated charges.
FREEDOM AT ISSUE BLOG Iranians Seek Freedom and Their ‘True Selves’ on Social Media September 19, 2016 Online media host and women’s rights activist Masih Alinejad discusses the cultural rift between Iran’s regime and its vibrant community of internet users.	Press Releases Iran Executes at least 36 in August August 29, 2016 Iran executed 12 people on August 27 for alleged drug offenses, and also executed 24 Kurdish prisoners earlier this month.

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Safety on the Line: Exposing the myth of mobile communication security

This report evaluates the risks and vulnerabilities of mobile phone services and apps in 12 specified countries, analyzing multiple mobiel technologies to determine their capacity to protect security and privacy and to combat censorship and surveillance.
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Leaping Over the Firewall: A Review of Censorship Circumvention Tools

Internet censorship poses a large and growing challenge to online freedom of expression around the world. Censorship circumvention tools are critical to bypass restrictions on the internet and thereby to protect free expression online.

This document provides a comparison among different circumvention tools, both in terms of their technical merits, as well as how users of these tools describe their experience with them. The countries included in this report are Azerbaijan, Burma, China and Iran.

Discrimination and Intolerance in Iran's Textbooks

The government of Iran is teaching the country's children to discriminate against women and minorities, to view non-Muslims with suspicion if not contempt, and to perpetuate the regime's theocratic

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Iran: Prisoners’ Hunger Strikes Part of President’s Human Rights Failures

Iran Sentences Iranian-Americans to 10 Years

Iranians Seek Freedom and Their ‘True Selves’ on Social Media

Iran Executes at least 36 in August

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