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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 435

Iran censorship

In this photo taken by an individual not employed by The Associated Press and obtained by the AP outside Iran, students of Sharif University of Technology holding banners saying: 'No to mandatory hijab' and 'Dear Zhina, (Mahsa Amini's nickname), you won't die, your name will become a symbol,' during a protest sparked by the death of 22-year-old Amini in the custody of the country's morality police, in Tehran, October 7, 2022. (AP Photo)
October 30, 2022, 1:00 pm
Iranian journalists decry arrests of colleagues, call for their release
Over 300 journalists sign statement denouncing arrests and lack of civil rights, with more than 20 reporters said still in detention across country
By AFP
Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof during a photocall for the film 'Lerd' at the 70th Cannes Film Festival, May 19, 2017. (AFP Photo/Valery Hache)
May 15, 2022, 10:46 am
Iranian authorities target movie industry with arrests, filmmaker says
Director Mohammad Rasoulof blasts ‘illegal’ campaign, identifies two detainees as Firouzeh Khosravani and Mina Keshavarz
By AP
In this photo from December 10, 2018, a woman weaves a Persian carpets at her home in Kashan, Iran. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
February 7, 2022, 3:58 pm
Iranian news site shut down for publishing image of decapitated woman
Media supervisory board closes Rokna website for violating public decency rules; country has a long history of closing media outlets
By AP
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks in Tehran, Iran, July 28, 2021. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)
November 8, 2021, 1:57 pm
Iran bans newspaper that hinted supreme leader responsible for poverty
Media supervisory body shuts down Kelid after it published a front-page article with an image of the poverty line being drawn by a hand resembling Khamenei’s
By AP
Ali Hedieloo takes a photo of his product to post on social media at his furniture workshop in the southern suburbs of Tehran, Iran, July 30, 2021. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
August 4, 2021, 7:24 pm
New legislation in Iran stokes fears of even further restricted internet
Tehran moved last week toward further government control of Instagram and other apps with draft bill that some worry could wipe out their livelihoods
By MEHDI FATTAHI and Isabel Debre
Iranians attend an annual rally at Freedom)Square celebrating 41st anniversary of Islamic Revolution, in Tehran, Iran, February 11, 2020. ( AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
February 12, 2020, 1:27 pm
Iran state paper reports death in Tehran from coronavirus; ministry denies claim
Health authorities say no cases of virus in Islamic Republic; regime criticized for staging mass rallies to mark anniversary of Islamic Revolution during global outbreak
By ToI Staff
Iranian protesters gather around a fire during a demonstration against an increase in gasoline prices in the capital Tehran, on November 16, 2019. (AFP/ File)
December 25, 2019, 4:36 pm
Iran limits mobile internet access ahead of expected protests
Tehran disrupts international connections day before commemorations for those killed demonstrating over fuel price hike
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Women walk past a building damaged during recent protests, in Shahriar, Iran, some 40 kilometers (25 miles) southwest of the capital, Tehran, November 20, 2019. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
November 22, 2019, 10:54 am
Iran’s internet blackout the first to effectively isolate a whole nation
Shutdown of web by authorities during recent protests marks a milestone in efforts by authoritarian governments to censor online communications
By Frank Bajak
US President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at the CenturyLink Center, November 14, 2019, in Bossier City, Louisiana. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)
November 21, 2019, 10:24 pm
Trump says Iran internet shutdown trying to hide ‘death and tragedy’
After right group says up to 200 demonstrators believed killed in nationwide protests, US leader lambastes ‘tremendous violence,’ while Germany condemns ‘disproportionate action’
By Agencies
Israeli historian Yuval Noah Harari lecturing at the Global Artificial Intelligence Summit Forum in Hangzhou, China, July 9, 2017. (VCG/VCG via Getty Images, via JTA)
November 11, 2019, 10:34 pm
Iran bans sale of Israeli author accused of Darwinism, Zionism
Hardliners in Iran have long criticized the circulation of Yuval Noah Harari’s books
By AP and ToI Staff
In this June 26, 2009 file photo BBC Persian service presenter Fardad Farahzad, right, gets ready to present the news, at the corporation's London headquarters Inside the studios of BBC Persian television, dozens of journalists have been working around the clock at their computers and telephones, trying to report the news to Iran or, according to the government in Tehran, stirring up trouble. (AP Photo/Simon Dawson,file)
March 1, 2019, 8:11 pm
BBC details new ‘harassment’ of Persian service staff by Iran
Employees describe receiving death threats targeting their children, missing parents’ funerals due to travel bans, and facing attempts by Iranian agents to recruit them as spies
By AFP
Hong Kong movie star Jackie Chan smiles during a press conference to promote his film "Shinjuku Incident" in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, March 31, 2009. (AP Photo/Lai Seng Sin)
December 31, 2018, 6:49 pm
Iran TV boss fired for letting Jackie Chan sex scene slip through
Local TV station shows martial arts star having sex with a prostitute in movie; usually, men and women are not even allowed to shake hands on screen
By AFP
A man and woman are seen dancing together in a trailer for an Iranian production of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' by William Shakespeare (YouTube screenshot)
September 10, 2018, 10:13 pm
Iran theater duo arrested for Shakespeare clip with mixed-gender dancing
Culture minister secures release of director, venue manager after judiciary orders their detainment
By AFP
Iran's president Hassan Rouhani gives a speech in the city of Tabriz in the northwestern East-Azerbaijan province on April 25, 2018, (Atta Kenare/AFP)
May 5, 2018, 1:24 pm
Iran president criticizes blocking of Telegram messaging app
Rouhani says judiciary’s decision not backed by government, is ‘contrary to democracy’
By AFP
Iranians display their smartphones using the Telegram messenger application on December 1, 2015. (AFP Photo/Atta Kenare)
May 1, 2018, 3:40 am
Iran bans use of popular Telegram messaging app
Tehran has sought to crack down on foreign messenger apps since the wave of protests that hit dozens of Iranian cities at the start of the year
By AFP
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