About the Author
Cyrus Farivar
سیروس فریور
English: [suh-ROOS FAR-ih-var]
Persian: [see-ROOS-eh fàr-ee-VÀR]
Freelance Technology Journalist
Freelance Radio Reporter/Producer
Author, "The Internet of Elsewhere"
cfarivar [at] cfarivar [dot] org
Current location: Oakland, CATwitter
Iran Archive
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Hossein Derakhshan awaiting sentencing
Posted on September 20, 2010 | 6 CommentsA member of Hossein "Hoder" Derakhshan's family has confirmed to me that he is awaiting a sentence in his trial in Tehran, and that the prosecutor is seeking the death penalty. -
Morozov, Haystack & Me
Posted on September 6, 2010 | 10 CommentsIn recent days there has been a great bruhaha over Haystack, the anti-censorship software aimed to help Iranians inside of Iran. On September 2, 2010, Evgeny Morozov, a journalist colleague of mine, and online columnist for Foreign Policy magazine, wrote a thought-provoking piece about Haystack. In it,... -
Hossein “Hoder” Derakhshan’s trial begins in Tehran
Posted on June 24, 2010 | 5 CommentsAfter many months of nearly no information about the status of Hossein Derakhshan, various Iranian websites and his family are reporting that his trial began on Wednesday in Tehran. Very little new information has been released beyond this fact, although I managed to get this... -
Cyrus on: PRI’s The World (June 11, 2010)
Posted on June 11, 2010 | 1 CommentDear Friends, My piece on the one-year anniversary of last year’s controversial election in Iran is airing today. In the piece, we hear from two young Iranians who talk about their frustration with what’s happened since June 12, 2009, and from Mohammed Sadeghi, the Iranian-German... -
No, the Internet does not help build democracies
Posted on May 1, 2010 | 1 CommentI don’t know if Barrett Sheridan wrote his Newsweek piece, “The Internet Helps Build Democracies” in response to or independent of Evgeny Morozov’s recent piece in Foreign Policy (Think Again: The Internet ; May/June 2010). Still, it sort of amazes me that this techno-utopianism (or... -
Cyrus on: PRI’s The World (April 13, 2010)
Posted on April 13, 2010 | 1 CommentDear Friends, My piece on the release of Haystack, the new anti-filtering software for use in Iran will be on today’s show. It will be available on any of these stations (and their Internet streams): NYC – 3 pm Eastern – WNYC – 820 AM... -
Remarks of President Obama Marking Nowruz (March 20, 2010)
Posted on March 19, 2010 | 1 CommentFor Immediate Release March 20, 2010 Remarks of President Obama Marking Nowruz Today, I want to extend my best wishes to all who are celebrating Nowruz in the United States and around the world. On this New Year’s celebration, friends and family have a unique... -
! عید شما مبارک
Posted on March 19, 2010 | 1 CommentGiven that we’re moving to Germany in five days, and didn’t set one up this year, I thought I’d share a photo of my 2007 haft-seen. I’m lucky to be spending Nowruz, the Persian New Year holiday with my brother, father, extended family and other... -
Omid Reza Mirsayafi died one year ago
Posted on March 18, 2010 | No CommentsOn March 18, 2009, Omid Reza Mirsayafi died in a Tehran prison. I reported on it at the time for PRI’s The World. Sadly, Mirsayafi’s reputation will now live on as becoming the first blogger in the world to die while in custody. Unfortunately the... -
Cyrus on: TVO’s Search Engine (March 16, 2010)
Posted on March 18, 2010 | 1 CommentI had the honor of being interviewed by Jesse Brown on his TVO show, “Search Engine“, to provide an update on the Treasury Department’s new rules regarding American tech companies exporting stuff to Iran (and Cuba and Sudan). The interview that I recorded with Austin...
