From the first day of the formal launch of the NIN on August 28, 2016, all Iranian users’ traffic has occurred, by default and without choice, within this network. In this environment, the user is not disconnected from the global internet, but he or she must ...
One of the main objectives of the first and second phases of the NIN was to increase bandwidth in Iran. Until recently, internet service providers were not allowed to offer speeds faster than 128 kbps to home users. The removal of this constraint, advocated by and ...
The NIN has been developed in three phases, two of which were launched during Rouhani’s first term. Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi, then deputy minister of communications, stated on February 7, 2017, that the third phase was to begin on May 17, 2017, International Telecommunications ...
Iran’s National Information Network (NIN) has emerged as the central plank of the Islamic Republic’s efforts to control its citizens’ digital access and communications. The initial concept was to create a state-controlled and censored version of the global internet, originally called the “National Internet,” after which ...
In addition to the Supreme Council of Cyberspace, other institutions play an important role in shaping internet policies and use in Iran—but they are similarly under the direct or indirect control of Khamenei. The Working Group to Determine Instances of Criminal Content is the principal body ...
Recognizing the significant role of digital communication in Iran, the country’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has increasingly sought to centralize control over the country’s internet policy under his authority. Toward this end, Khamenei centralized decision-making power over the internet in Iran’s Supreme Council of Cyberspace. ...
Recognizing the significant role of digital communication in Iran, the country’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has increasingly sought to centralize control over the country’s internet policy under his authority. Toward this end, Khamenei centralized decision-making power over the internet in Iran’s Supreme Council of Cyberspace. ...
Guards at the Gate: The Expanding State Control Over the Internet in Iran by the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI), provides a detailed analysis of internet policy and technological developments in Iran over the 2013-2018 period. The report, which builds on ...
This report by the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) incorporates independent and original research undertaken by CHRI’s internet security researchers and analysts during the period from January 2017 to January 2018. CHRI conducted detailed technical analysis of Iran’s National Internet Network (NIN) and ...
To the Rouhani administration The Rouhani administration should pledge not to cut off or disrupt in any way Iranians’ access to the global internet, and it should not allow its Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (hereafter referred to as the Ministry of Communications) to ...
Iranians’ most basic rights are being violated. Internet access and privacy have become integral to the fundamental human rights of freedom of speech, expression and association, the right to access information, and the right to privacy. Yet with the development of the NIN, which has advanced ...
Under Rouhani, internet filtering in Iran has not only continued, it has been strengthened, maintaining the long-term trend toward ever-increasing censorship and reduced access to secure personal communications. Although users can use mechanisms such as a proxy or VPN to circumvent the filters, Iranians’ right to ...
The increase in speed has had important implications that has affected all aspects of Iranian society—political, social, business, academic and cultural. It allows the transfer of large files, video streaming, the use of VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol, used in messaging applications such as WhatsApp, Telegram ...
