While in the last four months, internet access in Iran has been cut off or severely limited, the regime’s Minister of Information and Communications says that this year the production factors of the communications and information technology sector have grown by 13.3 percent and the share of digital economy in…

Iran has been going through successive revolutions since the Constitutional Revolution of the early 1900s that culminated in its first elected parliament and limited the monarchy’s absolute power. However, foreign interference and successive coups robbed Iranians of the chance to establish a democratic legacy: The democratic government of Mohammad Mosaddegh…

Originally published at the NCRI website Saturday, December 24, 2022: Iran’s nationwide protests have persisted for 100 consecutive days, and with no socio-economic or political resolutions in sight, there is no easing of the upheaval in the forecast. Initially sparked following the tragic death of Mahsa Amini in the morality…

On December 12, Aida Rostami (آیدا رستمی), 36, a physician at Tehran’s Chamran Hospital, went missing. On the next day, security forces delivered her body to her family, claiming she had died in a car accident. Her family reported signs of torture on her body. Rostami had been helping treat…

Iran’s regime executed Majid Reza Rahnavard ( Majidreza Rahnavard), 23, in Mashhad on December 12, 2022. He was arrested on November 19 during the nationwide protests that began in September. He was accused of killing two members of the Basij in Mashhad on November 17. The only evidence the court…

December 8, 2022, Tehran: Iran’s regime executed 23-year-old Mohsen Shekari (محسن شکاری). Shekari was arrested on September 25, 2022, in Tehran during the nationwide uprisings that began on September 16. The protests have spread to more than 280 cities, with people across Iran demanding regime change. Shekari is the…

Originally published at the NCRI website Following a series of calls by university students, protests and strikes spread across Iran on December 6. These calls to protest for three days, from December 5 to 7, were made on the anniversary of Iran’s national University Student Day on December 7, honoring…

Originally published at the NCRI website November 20 marks World Children’s Day, an occasion to promote children’s welfare. Meanwhile, under the mullahs’ regime in Iran, security forces have killed children during the major protests that have encompassed the country in the last two months. Kian Pirfalak, a ten-year-old boy from…