In his March 20 Nowruz message to the Iranian people, President Obama said “the United States will continue to draw attention to the electronic curtain that is cutting the Iranian people off from the world. And we hope that others will join us in advancing a basic freedom for the Iranian people: the freedom to connect with one another, and with their fellow human beings.” Please watch an animated video highlighting how the Electronic Curtain isolates the Iranian people from the world.
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- Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton |
- Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor Michael H. Posner |
More on Iran
- Human Rights and Democratic Reform in Iran
Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Michael H. Posner, and Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Philo L. Dibble
Testimony to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
May 11, 2011 - Statement on Iran by the US Delegation to the Human Rights Council
U.S. Delegation to the Human Rights Council
March 12, 2012 - Sanctions on Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security (see also: Iran Human Rights Designations)
U.S. Department of State
February 16, 2012 - Statement on the Execution Order For Iranian Christian Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani
U.S. Department of State
February 23, 2012 - Statement on the Conviction of Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani
The White House
September 29, 2011 - The Wave of Arrests, Harassment, and Death Sentences in Iran
U.S. Department of State
January 26, 2012
More on Internet Freedom
From Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton
- Remarks on Internet Freedom at the Freedom Online Conference
December 8, 2011 - Remarks on the Release of President Obama Administration’s International Strategy for Cyberspace
May 16, 2011 - Internet Rights and Wrongs: Choices & Challenges in a Networked World
February 15, 2011 - Remarks on Internet Freedom
January 21, 2010
From Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor Michael H. Posner:
- Internet Freedom and The Digital Earthquake of 2011
January 17, 2012 - Freedom Online—Preserving An Open Internet
December 9, 2011 - Internet Freedom and Responsibility, Keynote Address at the Silicon Valley Human Rights Conference
October 25, 2011 - Free Speech in the Digital Age
October 24, 2011 - Internet Freedom And Human Rights: The Obama Administration’s Perspective
July 13, 2011
Other:
- U.S. International Strategy for Cyberspace
The White House - Conversations With America: The State Department’s Internet Freedom Strategy
Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor Michael H. Posner
February 18, 2011 - Internet Freedom in the 21st Century: Integrating New Technologies into Diplomacy and Development
February 4, 2011
Stay tuned to the Department of State’s Internet Freedom page for further updates.
