Seventy-three percent (73%) of women journalists are targeted by online violence;
Twenty-five percent (25%) have been threatened with murder;
Eighteen percent (18%) have received rape threats;
And over 20% of these threats have resulted in real-world violence.
Ninety-six percent (96%) of all pornographic deepfakes worldwide are made targeting women.
In this episode, we examine digital violence as an organized tool to silence women political activists, journalists, writers, and activists—a form of violence that in Iran has become one of the official arms of repression and, unfortunately, is also reproduced within parts of the opposition.
With our guest, Rana Soleimani, we discuss examples of digital attacks, sexualization, deepfakes, hacking, exposure of private information, and coordinated attacks.
This episode provides a clear picture of the digital battlefield, where the tools are virtual, but the consequences are very real.
At the end, we address the question:
What should be done in the face of violence against women?
The Ravi–Ham-Avā podcast series aims to expand the national discourse around universal values, democracy, the separation of religion and state, human rights, gender equality, and the preservation of Iran’s territorial integrity.
Within such a framework, we can move along the path of collective wisdom toward a free and dignified Iran—for all Iranians, regardless of belief, thought, gender, ethnicity, or background.
“Government of the people, by the people, and for the people.”