Despite years of advocacy by Iranian NGOs outside the country, as well as licenses from the US Office of Foreign Assets Control that exempt certain...
Iran’s digital activists are fighting oppression with period trackers
This article was originally published by Wired. Firuzeh Mahmoudi didn't mean to start a human-rights movement. It was June 20, 2009, and in...
Iran hits back at Apple apps ban
This article was originally published by Mobile World Live. Iran’s new telecommunication minister wants to take legal action against Apple for...
Young Iranians Are Using These Apps to Bypass Government Oppression
This article was originally published by MOTHERBOARD. Last May, Iranians re-elected president Hassan Rouhani, a reformist leader, in hopes he will...
Early Stage: Apps to fight censorship, drug addiction and sexism in Iran
This article was originally published by The Mercury News. Startup of the week: Who they are: IranCubator What they do: It’s a tech incubator that...
Early Stage: Using apps to fight censorship, drug addiction and sexism in Iran
This article was originally published by siliconbeat. Startup of the week: Who they are: IranCubator What they do: It’s a tech incubator that...
Marriage of Technology and Human Rights Will Take Us to the Future We Want
Firuzeh Mahmoudi discusses her unique experience at the intersection of technology and civil liberties at Oslo Freedom Forum. Motivated by the...
THE APPS GETTING CRUCIAL INFORMATION TO WOMEN IN IRAN WHEN THEY NEED IT THE MOST
This article was originally published by The Debrief. Here, in the UK, we don’t think twice about logging in to Facebook to message our friends, or...
TINDER-LIKE APP IS HELPING USERS DECIDE WHO TO VOTE FOR IN THE IRANIAN ELECTIONS
This article was originally published by MobileMarketing. United for Iran, a San Francisco-based civil liberties group for the Middle Eastern...
Iran Sanctions Eased, But Pinch Still Felt
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The sanctions relief offered to Iran by the U.S. and five world powers has begun to get the gears of commerce...