Check out the demo (in English) for the Farsi version of Android that graduates of Tehran’s Sharif University have developed and are now using in Iran: http://farsitel.com/en/ Unfortunately, sanctions are making it tough for them to get it in the hands, and smartphones, of Farsi speakers around the world.


An American born journalist living in Iran. Covering Iran for multiple media outlets since 2001. You may read my stories in Time, San Francisco Chronicle, The New York Times, and more.


