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2025/10/08
By Garsha Vazirian
You can’t unring the bell: The Israeli offensive that lost its grip
When genocide went viral and propaganda struggled to hold sway
TEHRAN — Picture a hush in a room. A nervous voice leans into a mic and admits what everyone has felt: “We have a major, major, major generational problem.” That leaked fragment was less an accusation than a diagnosis: the old pipelines of influence were cracking as short, brutal images poured into young people’s feeds.
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2025-09-28 19:10
Netanyahu’s framing of social media as 'weapon' triggers outrage
“Weapons change over time; the most important one is social media,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told U.S. podcasters and TikTok creators at Israel’s New York consulate on Friday, adding that TikTok is “the most important purchase going on right now.”
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2023-11-11 22:44
By Ehsan Tehrani
The Yankees’ anxiety over Iran soft power in China
TEHRAN- American publication Newsweek has published an article criticizing the Iranian embassy in China for using a social media platform to shed light on the plight of the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
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2023-07-09 18:21
By Afshin Majlesi
A sheer heaven for cosmetic surgery
TEHRAN - Drawing on the advice of former patients, thousands of people travel abroad for wallet-friendly operations to enhance their looks and appearance.
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2023-04-04 20:37
By Sadegh Fereydounabadi
TikTok and the myth of online freedom in U.S.
TEHRAN – Despite its apparent championing of freedom of expression, the United States has moved to rein in the Chinese TikTok application’s popularity among American users.