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Censorship in Iran

Censorship in Iran. By: Kayla Stellabotte and Murmie Baker. Iran. Iran is a country in the Middle East. Iran is 636,000 square miles, making it the second-largest country in the Middle East (Saudi Arabia is the largest), and the 18th largest nation in the world. It houses 77 million people.

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Censorship in Iran

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  1. Censorship in Iran By: Kayla Stellabotte and Murmie Baker

  2. Iran • Iran is a country in the Middle East. • Iran is 636,000 square miles, making it the second-largest country in the Middle East (Saudi Arabia is the largest), and the 18th largest nation in the world. • It houses 77 million people. • Ayatollah Ali Hoseini Khamenei is the supreme ruler of the country, while Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is the president. • Iran has been a Theocratic Islamic Republic since Feb. 11th, 1979 • A theocratic country is a country ruled by religious leaders. Political Map of Iran Physical Map of Iran

  3. Censorship • Censorship - The act of examining books, movies, etc. and suppressing/deleting offensive and/or unacceptable parts • Types of censorship include banning certain internet sites, books, and media. • Some examples of censored books are The Last Temptation of Christ by Nikos Faulkner, As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner, and Ulysses by James Joyce. • These books have been censored due to religious/immoral content. • Journalists have been imprisoned to avoid critical news coverage in Iran. • Certain publications have been banned. • Millions of websites and social networking sites have been banned on the Internet.

  4. Relationships to Fahrenheit 451 • Fahrenheit 451 is not censored in Iran. • Book burning incidents have been recorded in Iran as well as in the book. • In Fahrenheit 451, books are censored, but movies and songs are censored in Iran as well. • Religious books are burned in both the book and in Iran (books not pertaining to the acceptable religion) • Other countries have burned books related to Iran’s religions (mainly Islam)

  5. Sources • Cartlidge, Cherese. Iran. San Diego: Lucent, 2002. Print. Modern Nations of the World • "11 Banned Books Iranians Will Be Able to Read If the Rouhani Government Lifts Censorship." The World Post. Huffington Post, n.d. Web. 20 Feb. 2014. <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/24/ iran-banned-books_n_4157973.html>. • "Iran." Committee to Protect Journalists. CPJ, n.d. Web. 24 Jan. 2014. http://cpj.org/reports/2012/05/10-most-censored-countries.php#4>. • "Map: Iran." Infoplease. HighBeam Research, n.d. Web. 11 Feb. 2014. <http://www.infoplease.com/atlas/country/iran.html>. • "Physical Map of Iran." Free World Maps. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Feb. 2014. <http://www.freeworldmaps.net/asia/iran/map.html>.

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