ifmat - Activists urge Meta to overhaul policies for Iran content

Activists urge Meta to overhaul policies for Iran content

Three rights groups on Thursday urged Facebook and Instagram owner Meta to overhaul its policies for Persian-language content on Iran, complaining restrictions had impeded the ability of Iranians to share information during ongoing protests.
ifmat - Death to Khamenei the protests convulsing Iran

‘Death to Khamenei’: the protests convulsing Iran

A “massive tide of popular rage” is engulfing Iran, said Mohammed Al-Sulami in Arab News (Riyadh). Protests have spread like wildfire across the country in recent weeks, fuelled by falling living standards and soaring food prices. Inflation ...
ifmat - Iranians are resisting too and should be supported

Iranians are resisting too and should be supported

In confronting aggression in Ukraine, America is upholding that freedom is still not free. Simultaneously in Iran, there’s another story of resistance, highlighted recently by ongoing protests in southern Iran that followed an extreme, sudden increase in ...
ifmat - Teachers call for new protest as unrest builds across Iran

Teachers call for new protest as unrest builds across Iran

The Iranian Teachers' Unions Coordination Council has called for a new round of street protests to demand higher wages and the immediate release of detained teachers from previous demonstrations as unrest in Iran continues to spread.
ifmat - Iran dangerous drone war over Iraq

Iran’s dangerous drone war over Iraq

Three Iraqi civilians were injured in an explosive drone attack in northern Iraq at around 9:30 p.m. on Wednesday night. The location is important: The incident occurred near Erbil, on what is known as the Pirmam road ...
ifmat - Iran expands advanced centrifuge work underground

Iran expands advanced centrifuge work underground

Iran has begun installing advanced IR-6 centrifuges in a cluster at an underground enrichment plant in line with a longstanding plan and now intends to add two more such clusters, or cascades, the U.N. nuclear watchdog told ...