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Surveillance Policy & Regulation
8 min read
Internet Task Force: A failed attempt to De-Khameneization of the Internet?
The Special Task Force for Cyberspace Governance has not removed military actors from internet policymaking. It has pushed the individuals appointed members of the previous supreme leader's SCC out of the center of decision-making.
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Destructive Cyber Operations
9 min read
Attack on Fuel Tank Monitoring Systems in the United States
Why Are IRGC Affiliated Cyber Networks the Main Suspect?
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Citizens Privacy Rights
18 min read
Iran’s New Internet Censorship and Digital Surveillance Architecture
Three Signals of a New Phase of Censorship in the Islamic Republic of Iran: The Amnafzar Document, the NAT Debate, and the SNI Spoofing Wave
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Cyber Influence Operations
10 min read
Janfada: Iranian Campaign, Propaganda Numbers, and Security Alert in EU
From domestic number inflation to overseas mobilization, the international extension of the Janfada campaign has raised new concerns about security threats in European countries
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Advanced Persistent Threats
7 min read
Inside the IRGC’s Cyber-Espionage Division
Charming Kitten
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Digital Censorship & Repression
11 min read
Protection Bill 2025: The Birth of a New Extra-Legal Process for Filtering and Censorship in IRIB
Bill on Supporting and Addressing Violations in the Field of Pervasive Audio and Video in Cyberspace (Internet) in Iranian Parliament
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Digital Censorship & Repression
4 min read
Collision in Orbit
The Islamic Republic’s Legal and Technical Case Against Starlink at the UN
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Surveillance Policy & Regulation
13 min read
Surveillance, Interception and Censorship in UN Human Rights report on Iran
The UN Special Rapporteur on human rights warned of internet shutdowns, systematic censorship, arbitrary surveillance and online and offline repression of Iranian activists and citizens.
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Citizens Privacy Rights
14 min read
The House That Tells on Itself
No matter where you live, there’s a vacuum cleaner, a smart TV, or an electric car out there that can find you and place you under the surveillance and intercept of the CCP.
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