Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance

All Social Media Apps Must Store Data Inside Iran

To improve Iran’s ability to monitor and censor online content and user activity, the country’s Supreme Cyberspace Council...
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Iranian Imprisoned Spiritual Leader Awaiting New Verdict While IRGC Arrests His Followers

Followers of imprisoned Iranian spiritual leader Mohammad Ali Taheri are being arrested by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard...
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Culture Ministry to Ban Films Portraying “Realistic Picture” of Modern Iranian Life

Ali Ahmadzadeh’s film Atomic Heart about the lives of young, modern Iranians, including Christians, could be removed from cinemas in Iran...
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Iranian Political Prisoner Refused Medical Furlough

Imprisoned music producers Mehdi Rajabian and his brother Hossein Rajabian refused to return to Evin Prison after the judiciary denied Mehdi Rajabian’s request to extend the brief medical furlough ...
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Book Club Members in Iran Sentenced to Prison Time for Allegedly “Promoting Feminism”

Eight political and civil rights activists have received sentences of up to four years in prison for allegedly reading and spreading feminist literature in Iran—two years after the charges ...
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Iranian Local Teacher Exiled for Singing Popular Ballad

A teacher in a port city in northern Iran has been exiled for singing to his students.
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