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Diasporas are often treated by media and policymakers as monolithic blocs, but the reality is more complicated.
Reporting on Iran’s anti-government protests comes with extraordinary risks and obstacles.
Amin Naeni, an expert on digital authoritarianism, tracks how Iran built the capability to shutdown the internet. Listen on The Conversation Weekly podcast.
Iran’s theocratic leaders are prepared to fight to the end, making regime change a very costly and destabilising exercise for the US.
By cutting internet access during uprisings, the Iranian regime turns connectivity itself into a mechanism of control.
Shortages of water and power as well as rising air pollution in Iran are at the centre of why citizens are telling their government they want change.
Iran’s young population is educated and connected to the world: even state violence cannot deny their freedom in the long run.
Iran’s internet shutdown cuts off most communication with the outside world during violent repression of national protests.
The 75-year-old pop star is part of a generation of Iranians in the diaspora who are watching, with bated breath, as their compatriots seek to topple the Islamic Republic.
The US president promised Iranian protesters that ‘help is on its way’. It wasn’t.
The regime moved quickly to shut down communication networks after protests started to spread across Iran.
The Islamic Republic appears to have survived another existential crisis. Scott Lucas addresses the key issues and considers the future for Iran.
Narrative control is a central battleground in times of conflict. It’s having a profound impact on the violence in Iran.
Thousands of Iranians have been killed in the current protests. But the longer the regime maintains its blackout, the more people will be driven onto the streets.
The demands of Iran’s ethnic minorities differ from many of those in Tehran, and they have reason to fear the return of the Pahlavi monarchy.
Donald Trump’s best option in Iran may be to show restraint.
Iran’s clerical leaders have long tried to control the narrative when protests break out. So far, protesters are continuing to risk their lives for freedom.
Information is still getting out despite an almost total internet blackout, especially with the help of diaspora groups. That poses a big problem for the government.
Surveys reveal the overwhelming support for an end to the Islamic Republic.
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