Posted on Wed, January 2, 2013 at 23:54 pm CET
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The State of the Internet Revolution in International Affairs: Less Progress Than You’d Think

How international affairs writing has been changed… Continue reading

Topics: Miscellaneous 
Posted on Mon, April 30, 2012 at 00:11 am CEST
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Cyber attack on Iran’s oil industry

The information systems of Iran’s Petroleum Ministry and the National Petroleum Company have been under a cyber attack… Continue reading

Topics: Cyber War • Energy • Iran 
Posted on Mon, March 19, 2012 at 19:27 pm CET
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Iran: Supreme Leader orders establishment of “Supreme Cyber Council”

The decision to establish the council was made in response to the growth of information and telecommunications technology, particularly the global internet network, and its impact on individual and social life… Continue reading

Topics: Human Rights • Iran • Shi'ism 
Posted on Mon, January 16, 2012 at 15:49 pm CET
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Iran: “Big brother” comes to internet cafés, “national internet network” to be launched soon

The Iranian cyber police released new regulations imposing severe restrictions on Iran’s internet cafés… Continue reading

Topics: Cyber War • Democracy • Human Rights • Iran • Shi'ism • The Media 
Posted on Sun, July 31, 2011 at 13:35 pm CEST
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Iranian top cyber police official: Facebook may be unblocked in the future

Touraj Kazemi, the head of the cyber police crime fighting division, reported this week that Facebook, a social network currently blocked… Continue reading

Topics: Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center • Iran • Shi'ism 
Posted on Tue, June 7, 2011 at 22:16 pm CEST
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Above the Threshold, Below the Belt: the Video Campaign Against the MHP

An internet website began broadcasting secretly-recorded videos of six members of the Turkish MHP engaging in extramarital sexual relations… Continue reading

Topics: Ergenekon • The Media • Turkey 
Posted on Thu, May 26, 2011 at 20:32 pm CEST
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Iran: Criticism of Low Internet Penetration; Details on Website Filtering by Authorities

On the occasion of World Media Day, marked on May 17, Iranian media criticized the insufficient internet penetration rate in Iran… Continue reading

Topics: Cyber War • Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center • Iran • The Media 
Posted on Sun, March 20, 2011 at 19:28 pm CET
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Iran Calls on Islamic Hackers to Enlist to the Iranian “Cyber War”

Gholam-Reza Jalali, the head of the Passive Resistance Organization, announced the coming establishment of the Cyber War Headquarters of the Islamic… Continue reading

Topics: Cyber War • Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center • Iran 
Posted on Sun, February 6, 2011 at 21:56 pm CET
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Do Egyptians Want a Relatively Secular, Stable Democracy?

Here is the real issue: What do the masses want? Remember, it is the people of Egypt — especially in an election — that will determine the outcome, not just… Continue reading

Topics: Egypt • Egyptian Revolution • Eurabia • Global Islam • Islamism • Muslim Brotherhood • The Media 
Posted on Fri, January 28, 2011 at 18:23 pm CET
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Massive Demonstrations in Egypt; curfew announced

Military deploys in Cairo after mass demonstrations against President Mubarak claim lives of man and woman, al-Jazeera reports. Former IAEA chief ElBaradei placed under house arrest… Continue reading

Topics: Egypt • Human Rights • Muslim Brotherhood • The Middle East 
Posted on Mon, January 17, 2011 at 01:10 am CET
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Iran’s Crackdown on “Soft War”

Hamid-Reza Fouladgar, member of the Majles Article 10 Commission on Political Parties, announced last week that, in accordance with recent changes in the Parties Law, political… Continue reading

Topics: Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center • Iran • Shi'ism • The Media