of the films were broadcast. Censorship cut out the following: alcoholic beverages, sorcery, men and women sitting too close together or touching, closeups of women's faces, low necklines on shirts, and many others. People are sometimes edited out, or objects are strategically placed to cover what is considered inappropriate. For example, a low neckline on a woman's shirt is edited to be more modest. Dialogue in foreign films is also oftentimes rewritten. For example, romantic implications are replaced with marriage proposals. Books The Satanic Verses Memories of My Melancholy Whores Films The Circle Crimson Gold Half Moon Offside Persepolis Tcherike-ye Tara Ten Santouri Time of Love 300 Video games Battlefield 3 ARMA 3 1979 Revolution: Black Friday Religious The agents of censorship are sometimes not official government employees but religious organizations. In 2007, after student newspapers at Amirkabir University of Technology published articles suggesting that no human being—including Muhammad—could be infallible, eight student leaders were arrested and taken to Evin Prison. Distributing Christian literature in Persian (also known as Farsi) is prohibited. See also Freedom of speech in Iran Internet censorship in Iran 2019 Internet blackout in Iran National Information Network of Iran Nashravaran Journalistic Institute Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting Islamic Revolutionary Court for slandering the Supreme Leaders Communications in Iran International rankings of Iran Media in Iran Iran Electoral Archive Maziar Bahari References External links ARTICLE19, "Tightening the Net: Internet Freedoms in Iran" -a monitoring series of reports on the state of internet censorship in Iran. Hejazi, Arash, ‘You don’t deserve to be published’ Book Censorship in Iran, LOGOS: The Journal of the World Book Community, Volume 22, Number 1, 2011, pp. 53–62(10), Music censorship incidents in Iran – reported by Freemuse Committee against censorship (Iran Proxy) – Anti Censorship Committee in Iran Pictures of Iranian Censorship – Examples of Iranian Censorship in Western Magazines I will not register my site – Antiregistering website & blogs logo and Censorship google bombing.] Banned Magazine, the online journal of censorship and secrecy Iran's Digital Underground by David Feith, The Wall Street Journal, 10 August 2009 Iran Electoral Archive – Media & Censorship Mass media in Iran Communications in Iran