Iran’s Digital Fortress: The Rise of the National Information Network

While the international community has overwhelmingly focused on Iran’s nuclear ambitions and its persistent regional interference, internal political cohesion is an equally important factor in determining the country’s future political trajectory. As successive rounds of protests spanning more than two decades have made abundantly clear, the Iranian regime’s most acute vulnerability comes not from external attack but from within: from the persistent and growing discontent of its own citizens. In response, Tehran has leaned more and more heavily on a long-term strategy of digital control...