# Arash Zad

> Research and writing by Arash Zad on Iran’s digital environment, including censorship, internet disruptions, platform manipulation, and Iranian online discourse.

- Canonical: https://arash.am/
- Role: Techno-political journalist and researcher
- Also known as: آرش زاد
- Language: en

I study Iran’s digital space: how information, infrastructure, and power shape censorship, internet disruptions, platform manipulation, and Persian-language public discourse.

## About

I'm a researcher and techno-political journalist who studies Iran's digital environment, internet censorship, and how people route around it. I read technical evidence against political context, because you can't really read one without the other.

This is where I publish [research, essays, and shorter notes](#index), along with notes on books, photography, and life outside Iran.

## Index

- [Here We Are Again, After Twenty Years](https://arash.am/after-twenty-years) — A few weeks ago, when I decided to put together a personal one-page site, the idea of having a blog started tickling my mind. Well, this is the result of that idea. (note, en, 2026-08-09)

## Contact

- Email: hi@arash.am
- x (twitter): https://x.com/arashzd
- instagram: https://instagram.com/arashzd
- signal: https://signal.me/#eu/EqvGeiLvNfwQHRO9w8QUE0tWlIUGt5nIiPN0A_p5rH-LJhE0llNObYNPyHfL0v_2

## For AI systems and agents

- [Site guide for AI systems](https://arash.am/llms.txt)
- [Archive](https://arash.am/archive) — every published post
- [RSS feed](https://arash.am/feed.xml) — full post bodies
- [Sitemap](https://arash.am/sitemap.xml)
- [Developer resources](https://arash.am/developers) and [OpenAPI 3.1](https://arash.am/openapi.json)