A Battlefield Named Isfahan: Targeted Use of IMSI-Catchers and Surveillance Cameras to the Enforce Chastity and Hijab Law

The Iranian government employs various tools, including digital surveillance, to suppress dissent and monitor citizens. These efforts intensified following nationwide protests related to the Women, Life, Freedom movement.
Iran’s Digital Control: The Evolution of Censorship and Surveillance Amidst the ‘Women, Life, Freedom’ Movement

The Iranian government employs various tools, including digital surveillance, to suppress dissent and monitor citizens. These efforts intensified following nationwide protests related to the Women, Life, Freedom movement.
2024 Iran Cyber Threat Intelligence Report

The “Iran Cyber Threat Intelligence Report: The Silent War Against Ethnic Minorities and Civil Society” by Filterwatch examines cyberattacks, content manipulation, digital rights violations, and arrest patterns in the latter half of 2024. The report highlights an escalation in organized and sophisticated cyber-repression tactics by Iranian security agencies, particularly targeting ethnic minorities, civil activists, and political dissidents.
Iran Cyber Threat Intelligence Report: Spiraling Attacks: Iranian Hacking Campaign

Since early 2018, Miaan researchers have been tracking malware used in a series of cyberattacks on Iranian dissidents and activists. The research has uncovered hundreds of victims of malware and phishing attacks that stole data, passwords, personal information, and more.