The National Organization for Passive Defense is an Iranian government bureau for civil defense. It was approved in August 2023. [1] It will arm and defend the infrastructure from biologic, cyber, nuclear, electronic, chemical warfare and the CBRNE threat. [2]
It works mainly with Iranian corporations and government departments and Ministry of Defense, Ministry of Industry, and Iranian Armed Forces. [3] [4]
It consists of a high commission council and is financed by both the government and private corporations. [5] [6]
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Deputy of energy [7] | Deputy of technical and systems |
Deputy of health | Deputy of infrastructure |
Deputy of industrial, commerce, military complex [8] | Deputy of research and training |
Deputy of cultural | Deputy of ICT |
Deputy of coordinator [9] | Deputy of cities |
Director of intelligence protection [10] | Basij in provincial affair معاون بسیج امور استانهای سازمان |
In 2022 it introduced SOC, SCADA- EMS DDOS mitigation. [11]
In 2023 it requested boycotting Europe diplomatically over Quran burning. [12]
Iran is known for having one of the world's most comprehensive Internet censorship systems. The Iranian government and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) have blocked access to many popular websites and online services, including YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and Telegram. Internet traffic in the country is heavily restricted and monitored. Internet Filtering Committee (Iran) headed by Prosecutor-General of Iran decides which websites must be censored and implements this vast censorship.
Presidential elections were held in Iran on 14 June 2013. Hassan Rouhani was elected in the first round with over 50% of the vote. Tehran Mayor Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf finished second with 17% of the vote. Voter turnout was 73%.
The Ministry of Cooperatives, Labour, and Social Welfare is an Iranian government body responsible for the oversight of Cooperative business, regulation and implementation of policies applicable to labour and social affairs. It also oversees the Social Security of Iran. The social security program was formed on 3 August 2011 to insure the well-being of the people in Iran.
Ganjeh is a village in Varzaq Rural District, in the Central District of Faridan County, Isfahan Province, Iran. At the 2018 census, its population was 900, in 280 families.
Cyberwarfare is a part of the Iranian government's "soft war" military strategy. Being both a victim and wager of cyberwarfare, Iran is considered an emerging military power in the field. Since November 2010, an organization called "The Cyber Defense Command" has been operating in Iran under the supervision of the country's "Passive Civil Defense Organization" which is itself a subdivision of the Joint Staff of Iranian Armed Forces.
Hassan Rouhani, the incumbent president of Iran, launched his reelection campaign for the presidential office in February 2017. The election itself and related events received international media attention with many issues being raised. Rouhani achieved a decisive victory after the May 2017 vote, with Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli announcing that out of 41.3 million total votes cast Rouhani got 23.6 million. Ebrahim Raisi, Rouhani's closest rival, had picked up 15.8 million votes in contrast.
Student News Network (SNN) is an Iranian official news agency known for publishing university and student news. All of SNN's content is free content and Creative Commons licensed.
The students education network, with acronym Shad That in addition to the abbreviation of the full name of the program, it refers to the word Shaad meaning happy, is a communication and educational software that was launched following the spread of the coronavirus due to the absence of students in schools in Iran. The software is owned by the Ministry of Education of Iran, and students, teachers and headmasters are the people who use this software.
The several branches of the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran are represented by flags. Within the Iranian military, various flags fly on various occasions, and on various ships, bases, camps, and military academies.
The Islamic Resistance Movement of Azerbaijan, mostly referred to as Husayniyun, or Hüseynçilər, is an Azerbaijani Shia Islamist armed group, and socio-political movement. It is backed by Iran.
Pursuant to Article 58 of the Law on Internal Regulations of the Islamic Consultative Assembly, the Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources and Environment Commission of the Islamic Consultative Assembly is formed to perform its assigned duties in the fields of agriculture, water resources, livestock and poultry, fisheries, the environment and meteorology in accordance with the provisions of the regulation.
Intoxicated by Love is a 2024 Iranian-Turkish historical drama romance film written and directed by Hassan Fathi, produced by Mehran Broumand. It revolves around two Persian poets Mawlana and Shams Tabrizi, played by Parsa Pirouzfar and Shahab Hosseini. The film is a co-production of Iran and Turkey, made by Dijital Danatlar and Simarya Film Production.
Maral Baniadam is an Iranian actress. She won the Crystal Simorgh for Best Actress at the 42nd Fajr International Film Festival for her performance as Parvin E'tesami in the 2024 biographical film Parvin.
Bahman Reyhani is an Iranian commander. On June 20, 2014, he was appointed as the commander of the Kermanshah Nebi Akram Corps, a Kurdish force in the IRGC located in Kermanshah province, based on the order of Mohammad Ali Jafari, the commander of the IRGC at the time, in a ceremony attended by Hossein Salami, the deputy commander of the IRGC at the time. Reyhani has played a decisive role in helping the victims of the 2018 Sarpol-e Zahab earthquake. Bahman Reyhani was included in the sanctions list of the European Union on December 21, 2022, due to gross violations of human rights in Iran.
Taaghche was a popular Iranian book electronic online distribution platform. It was one of the most used apps before it was taken down on 31 July 2023 by Ministry of Islamic Culture and Guidance for one of its employee not wearing a hijab. University of Payam noor, the University of Tehran, the Islamic advertisement organization publishers, Beh Nashr Astan Quds Razavi publishing, and AmirKabir Publishing removed their books from the store.
Mohsen Bahrami is an Iranian actor, presenter and voice actor. He is a graduate of the high school of acting in the field of art and started his career in 1994 with the series "Friend's Footprint", but his professional career started with acting in the theater "Lost" directed by Farhad Aslani in 2001.
Fanap is an Iranian information technology corporation owned by the semi-public Pasargad Bank Financial Group.
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The Iranian government budget for financial year of 2024-2025 was developed in November 2023. It is the first budget on seventh quinquennal development program with total spending becoming 2462000 billion. Oil budget is reduced %6. The budget is high deficit.