Second Panel: Iran’s Domestic Challenges // Zamaneh Media 10th year Anniversary
Channel: Zamaneh Media
Date: 2016-12-02

On 21 Oct 2016, Zamaneh Media commemorated ten years of reporting, publishing, documentary film making and civil society capacity building in a daylong conference and festival titled “Iran: the Road Ahead”.
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Iran’s Domestic Challenges. While the nuclear deal has started to ease some of the tensions between Iran and the West, it has thus far not substantially impacted domestic politics in Iran. While this deal was a campaign promise of President Rouhani, it was only one amongst many, very few of which have substantially materialized. 2015 has in fact been the worst year in recent history in terms of human rights in Iran. Looming in the background, particularly around elections, is the succession issue (what happens after Khamenei dies). We will explore what is to be expected in the coming years. Will international rapprochement aid human rights in Iran? How do we expect the factional strife to play out? What can the role of the outside world be in the support of human rights in Iran? 
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- Nazli Kamvari : Journalist
- Raha Bahreini : International human rights lawyer and advocate
- Azadeh Pourzand : Deputy Director of Programs at Small Media
- Ammar Maleki : Assistant professor at Tilburg law school
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A Persian language media organization providing independent journalism, citizen reporting, blogging, e-learning, debate and knowledge to an audience in Iran and to Persian speaking community around the world

Broadcasts 24/7 via internet

Starts conversations about a wide range of issues that are considered public taboos in present-day Iran

Focus on reports, analyses, commentaries, blogs, debates and films about social, economic, cultural and political topics, press and internet freedom, human rights and democracy

A public media that gives a voice to the unheard: ethnic and sexual minorities, young Iranians, experts, writers, bloggers and independent academic thinkers

Hosts Zamaneh Tribune, a secure online platform where Iranian citizen reporters and human rights activists can upload, share and discuss multimedia reports on human rights and democracy and enter into debate with each other

Has provided close to 3000 Iranians with online education in Persian on independent journalism, multimedia reporting and digital security

Based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, it tries to build bridges between Iran and the Iranian diaspora

Informs a large audience in other Persian speaking areas of the world, such as Afghanistan and Central Asia