This article was originally published by siliconbeat. Startup of the week: Who they are: IranCubator What they do: It’s a tech incubator that...
Helping tackle the Iranian drug addiction with an app
This article was originally published by App Developer Magazine. United for Iran, a Bay-Area NGO working to promote civil liberties and...
App brings sexual health info to Iranian women
A period tracker app in Iran is being called a stealthy Trojan horse, sneaking in taboo tips on sexual education and women's rights. Learn more CBC....
Free My Cousin, Mehdi Khodaei
5 years ago my cousin Mehdi was arrested by the Islamic Republic of Iran. Throughout the 2009 protests, Mehdi and I worked separately with student...
Journalist’s Mother Pleads for His Release
Mary Rezaian pleads for the Iranian government to release her son, Washington Post correspondent Jason Rezaian, and his wife Yeganeh Salehi. The two...
#IranVote for Human Rights
To: Member States of the UN General Assembly Your Excellency: We, the undersigned human rights and civil society organizations, write to urge your...
What the Iranian People Expect of Ban Ki Moon
Despite calls in some quarters for him to skip out, the UN Secretary General plans to travel to Iran next week, a country that has become a dungeon for its own people. He will attend the 16th Summit of the 120-member Non-Aligned Movement, which will be chaired by Iran through 2014. Most of the criticisms of him going have come from states leading efforts to isolate Iran due to the nuclear impasse. But at a time when severe human rights abuses continue unabated against Iran’s citizens, it is a critical opportunity to refocus international attention on the dire situation in the country and pressure Iran’s leaders to improve conditions for its people.
United for Iran Calls on Tech Companies to Stop Blocking Internet Services
While American and European companies provide unmatched platforms for free expression and citizen journalism, misapplications of export regulations have created a chilling effect on the free flow of information to those living under repressive regimes. We are writing to urge you to take necessary steps to ensure important Internet communication services provided by your companies are not unnecessarily blocked for individuals in sanctioned countries.
In places such as Iran, Cuba, Sudan and Syria, online media has emerged as a sanctuary to debate ideas, report human rights…
Watch: Iran – Behind The Electronic Curtain
In his March 20 Nowruz message to the Iranian people, President Obama said “the United States will continue to draw attention to the electronic curtain that is cutting the Iranian people off from the world. And we hope that others will join us in advancing a basic freedom for the Iranian people: the freedom to connect with one another, and with their fellow human beings.”