Mehdi Yahyanejad (born 1975) is a tech entrepreneur who founded Balatarin.com, a news sharing website in Persian in 2006.[1] Balatarin has been blocked by the Iranian government in Iran and has been the target of hacking and DDOS attacks by the Iranian government.[2] Mehdi Yahyanejad has also co-founded NetFreedom Pioneers which is an organization dedicated increasing access to Internet. He launched the Toosheh project, a method to stream data files to Iran through satellite TV in April 2016.[3][4][5] He works on building technologies to allow Internet access in remote areas and offline content sharing.[6] He has also published a number of articles and educational videos on cyber security to train journalist and citizen journalists.[7][8][9]
Mehdi Yahyanejad | |
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| Born | 1975 (age 48–49) Iran |
| Occupation | Entrepreneur |
Early life
editMehdi Yahyanejad was born in Iran in 1975. He attended Alborz High School and studied physics at Sharif University in Tehran. He completed his PhD in physics from MIT in 2004.[10] He was a post doctoral fellow at Stanford University conducting research on computational genetics.
Honours, and awards
editMehdi Yahyanejad is the winner of a bronze medal for the Iranian science team at the 1993 International Physics Olympiad.[11] In 2006, his weekly podcast Radio Haftegi[12] received a User Award at The BOBs (weblog award) organized by Deutsche Welle.[13][circular reference]
Bibliography
edit- Liberation Technology (Contributing Author)
- Gigaom Article: Activists vow to defeat Iran's Internet censorship
- Interview: BBC Persian Click with Mehdi Yahyanejad on Toosheh Project(2016)[14]
- Baldino, Daniel; Goold, Jarrad (2014). "Iran and the emergence of information and communications technology: the evolution of revolution?". Australian Journal of International Affairs. 68 (1): 17–35. doi:10.1080/10357718.2013.840263. S2CID 154941710. Retrieved 2023-01-16.
See also
editNotes and references
edit- ^ "Balavision: Mehdi Yahyanejad". www.balavision.com (in Persian). Retrieved 2017-04-21.
- ^ Faris, David M.; Rahimi, Babak (2015). Social Media in Iran: Politics and Society after 2009. SUNY Press. p. 193. ISBN 978-1438458830.
- ^ Greenberg, Andy. "The Ingenious Way Iranians Are Using Satellite TV to Beam in Banned Internet". Wired. ISSN 1059-1028. Retrieved 2023-01-31.
- ^ "New App Lets Iranians Download Information Via Satellite and Bypass State's Internet Censorship – Center for Human Rights in Iran". www.iranhumanrights.org. 18 March 2016. Retrieved 2017-04-21.
- ^ "Toosheh, une nouvelle technologie pour contourner la censure en Iran". Le Monde.fr (in French). 2016-04-04. Retrieved 2023-01-31.
- ^ Glanz, James; Markoff, John (2011-06-12). "U.S. Underwrites Internet Detour Around Censors". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-01-31.
- ^ "Roozonline : Online USA Shopping Promo Code, Coupons, August 2021 100% Cashback Promo Code, Deals, Vouchers".
- ^ "Balavision: Mehdi Yahyanejad". www.balavision.com. Retrieved 2023-01-31.
- ^ "Internet freedom activists scramble to help Iranians evade Tehran's digital crackdown". NBC News.
- ^ "Mehran Kardar: Personnel". www.mit.edu. Retrieved 2023-01-31.
- ^ "Mehdi Yahya Yahyanejad: Islamic Republic of Iran". International Physics Olympiad. Retrieved April 27, 2017.
- ^ "Podcasting: Journalism for the masses?". The Stanford Daily Archives.
- ^ Mehdi Yahyanejad: The BOBs (weblog award), 2017
- ^ Interview: BBC Persian Click with Mehdi Yahyanejad on Toosheh Project(2016). [1].