Tightening the Net: China’s infrastructure of oppression in Iran
ARTICLE 19’s report Tightening the Net: China’s infrastructure of oppression in Iran shows how China’s support has enabled Iran’s widespread human rights violations through digital repression.
The report outlines how Chinese-supplied technologies have helped Iranian authorities impose internet shutdowns, disrupt communications, and surveil citizens, facilitating violent crackdowns on protests that led to mass killings and arrests. This has severely restricted freedom of expression, access to information, and peaceful assembly. Additionally, despite sanctions, Chinese companies have continued providing surveillance tools that strengthen Iran’s capacity for censorship and monitoring, directly contributing to ongoing abuses and suppression of dissent.
To read the full report, see the attached PDF or on ARTICLE 19's website.