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Scenes of protest in Iran are difficult to get out of the country, but TikTok users are rising to the challenge. Credit: The Conversation Images of the protests that followed the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Zhina Amini on Sept. 16, 2022, in Iran and reports of the government's brutal crackdown have circulated widely on social media. This flow of information comes despite efforts by the Iranian regime to throttle internet access…

By JEFFREY SCHAEFFER PARIS — An Iranian man who lived for 18 years in Paris’ Charles de Gaulle Airport and whose saga loosely inspired the Steven Spielberg film “The Terminal” died Saturday in the airport that he long called home, officials said. Mehran Karimi Nasseri died after a heart attack in the airport’s Terminal 2F around midday, according an official with the Paris airport authority. Police and a medical team treated him but were not able to save him, the official said. The official was not authorized to be…

But these workarounds aren’t enough. Though the first Starlink satellites have been smuggled into Iran, restoring the internet will likely require several thousand more. Signal tells MIT Technology Review that it has been vexed by “Iranian telecommunications providers preventing some SMS validation codes from being delivered.” And Iran has already detected and shut down Google’s VPN, which is what happens when any single VPN grows too popular (plus, unlike most VPNs, Outline costs money). What’s more, “there’s no…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The Iranian regime is "doubling down" on the manipulation of media in response to recent protests to create armed conflict between different ethnic groups, an expert has warned. Officials are using fake news and misinformation to portray the uprising as a separatist revolt, preying on the…

Over the weekend Coldplay interrupted their concert in Buenos Aires, Argentina, to invite exiled Iranian actor Golshifteh Farahani on stage to join them as they sang the anthem of the Iranian protest movement Baraye. After giving a tribute to the arrested Iranian pop singer Shervin Hajipou who wrote the song, Coldplay's frontman, Chris Martin, said his band would like to do something to support 'all the women and everyone fighting for freedom in Iran,…

An Iranian protest anthem that has become the soundtrack to the national uprising was again thrust into the international spotlight over the weekend when Coldplay performed a cover and broadcast it live around the world.The British band played the song, Baraye, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Friday and Saturday night at the start of their world tour, with the exiled Iranian actor Golshifteh Farahani on stage and singing in Farsi.Friday’s concert was streamed via satellite to cinemas in 81 countries, although not in Iran,…

In a major milestone for Iran’s scientific community, astronomers announced today in Tehran that the Iranian National Observatory (INO) has seen “first light”: The world-class, 3.4-meter optical telescope, whose future appeared cloudy just last year, is operational and has acquired its debut images. “We’ve been waiting for this moment for so long,” says INO Project Director Habib Khosroshahi, an astronomer at the Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences…

The Great Salt Lake is getting saltier, creating a serious threat to the ecosystems and the economies that depend on it. New research from Wayne Wurtsbaugh examines the trajectory the two halves of the lake might take on a path to hyper-salinity. Credit: USGSStarved for freshwater, the Great Salt Lake is getting saltier. The lake is losing sources of freshwater input to agriculture, urban growth, and drought. According to Wayne Wurtsbaugh from Watershed Sciences in the Quinney College of Natural Resources, this drawdown…

Bollywood Actress Priyanka Chopra recently shared a long note as she came out in support of the Iranian women who are currently protesting over the death of Mahsa Amini. Extending support to the women in Iran the actress urged her fans and audience to come in support of the women in the protest. Here’s what she wrote- Priyanka Chopra Extends Support For Iranian Women Recently actress Priyanka Chopra shared a long post on her Instagram, the post featured a pictorial representation of Mahsa Amini. Sharing the post Priyanka…

Sunday’s brutal crackdown against students protesting at one of Iran’s most prestigious universities has shocked Iranian academics and students around the world. The attack, at the Sharif University of Technology in Tehran, also drove home the important role students and universities are playing in the popular uprising against the Iranian government. Protests at many other universities in Iran have continued. “I feel extremely disturbed by the brutality and violence. I do not…