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Tag: Censorship in Iran
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Master of Iran’s New Wave Cinema, Nasser Taghvai, Dies at 84
His work made the margins central—oil towns, workers, and those crushed by the 1953 coup—turning southern geography and post-coup disillusion into lucid, literary, defiant…
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What Did the Founder of Wikipedia Write in a Direct Message?
*This is the second part of the article Curious Case of Persian Wikipedia. In recent weeks, a lively debate started in the Iranian diaspora about…
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The Curious Case of Persian Wikipedia: is the Iranian State Influencing Content?
On September 11, an investigative report on Open Democracy by Sina Zekavat raised serious concerns in the Iranian community. The article claimed that the…
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Controversial Comedy Barred from Screening in City of Tabas in Iran
50 Kilos of Tart Cherries was pulled from cinemas across the country after Tabas Friday prayers Imam spoke out against the screening insisting that…