INTV's Pledges Drive for Finances Begins, as Iran Cracks Down on Media It is risky to be a journalist who works for a dissenting news outlet in Iran. Reportedly, arrests and imprisonment of free minded journalists has been escalating in recent years. In fact, the Iranian regime is known to attack not only the reporters and broadcasters of independent and foreign information, but the recipients, as well. It is illegal to own satellite receiver equipment in Iran, but millions of Iranians use satellite equipment to tune into banned television networks. Equipment that has been confiscated by regime authorities is regularly replaced. Additionally, countless Iranians use virtual proxy networks (VPN) to evade restrictions on their use of the internet to gain information. These conditions make the work of dissenting news outlets more important than ever, as they expose information that goes unreported by state-run media. Iran National Television (INTV), known in Farsi as  Sim...

INTV's Pledges Drive for Finances Begins, as Iran Cracks Down on Media It is risky to be a journalist who works for a dissenting news outlet in Iran. Reportedly, arrests and imprisonment of free minded journalists has been escalating in recent years. In fact, the Iranian regime is known to attack not only the reporters and broadcasters of independent and foreign information, but the recipients, as well. It is illegal to own satellite receiver equipment in Iran, but millions of Iranians use satellite equipment to tune into banned television networks. Equipment that has been confiscated by regime authorities is regularly replaced. Additionally, countless Iranians use virtual proxy networks (VPN) to evade restrictions on their use of the internet to gain information. These conditions make the work of dissenting news outlets more important than ever, as they expose information that goes unreported by state-run media. Iran National Television (INTV), known in Farsi as  Simay...

A 1988 massacre and the truth about ‘moderate’ Rouhani 9/28/2017 7:41:40 PM 1988 Massacre of Iranian political prisoners   Dr. Majid Rafizadeh Arab News, 27 September 2017  - Iran’s president Hassan Rouhani is making a tactical shift once again. This time he is appealing the hard-liners publicly and revealing the actual agenda of his administration after achieving the Supreme Leader’s economic objectives. Rouhani used the UN pedestal last week to shower praise on Tehran’s theocracy. His stale slogans smack of desperation and deception. Isolated and generally regarded as a pariah, the regime and its familiar figures try to stick to the same plot and project an image of a powerful and rational player. Brush aside the forced rhetoric and the ugly truth reveals itself: A regime that has hanged over 3,100 people under Rouhani alone, securing the world record for the highest number of executions. Dozens of young people are among the victims, securing a...