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
Latest Headlines
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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,... -
My first two episodes of Spectrum
Posted on August 1, 2010 | 3 CommentsSo July 20 was my first episode hosting Spectrum, and July 27 was my first one hosting all by myself! You can listen here: July 20: July 27: Feel free to subscribe to the podcast here (and leave me a review on iTunes!), or listen... -
East Bay Express 2010: Best Bike Tour
Posted on July 14, 2010 | No CommentsWow! I can’t believe it! The February 2010 Tour de Taco won the East Bay Express’ Best of the Bay 2010 award for: Best Bike Tour. (That said, I’m not sure how many bike tours there are in the East Bay, but heck, I’ll take... -
Cyrus on: PRI’s The World (June 28, 2010)
Posted on June 29, 2010 | 1 CommentSevgili Dostlar, My piece on the Mesut Özil and modern Turkish-Germans aired on The World yesterday. In it, I interview Prof. Dr. Claudia Riehl of the University of Cologne, Susanne von Würzen (thanks, Courtney!), Mehmet Aydan (thanks, Begum!), and Cem Özdemir. Also, don’t forget my... -
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... -
New theme! New photos!
Posted on June 22, 2010 | 2 CommentsSince earlier this year I’ve wanted to change the theme of this blog. I felt that it was time for a change — after all I’ve had this blog on WordPress for around five years, and mucked around with Moveable Type before that. Way back... -
iPhone 4 in Germany: Complexity Abounds
Posted on June 16, 2010 | 2 CommentsSo I get that people want the iPhone. I get that it’s a really sexy, really popular handset. I’m not convinced that I’ll buy one just yet, but I signed up for T-Mobile’s email updates about it, and just yesterday got this: But seriously T-Mobile... -
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... -
One year ago
Posted on June 6, 2010 | No CommentsYes, we were married one year ago today.
