Internet freedom
More Iranians Forced to Rely on Unsafe Online Hosting After Amazon Ban
Amazon has become the latest major American technology company to block Iranians from accessing its products and services due ...
Brushing Off Security Concerns, Telecoms Minister Touts Iranian-Made Mobile Phone Operating System
Telecommunications Minister Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi announced on July 7, 2019, the development of an Iranian-made version of the ...
Why Did Internet Access Speeds Slow to a Crawl in Iran?
Telecommunications Minister Falsely States the Problem Originated Outside the Country Telecommunications Minister Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi made a false ...
Why is the Iranian Government Aiding the Development of a Censorship Circumvention Tool?
Using Iranian government resources, a Tehran-based company has been developing an online censorship circumvention tool that specifically enables ...
Iranian State Malware Continues to Hack Online Accounts of Religious Minority Groups
Malicious Spyware Has Attacked At Least 74 Victims Worldwide, Azeri and Gonabadi Dissidents Among Targets Iranian state agents continue ...
Cleric’s Murder Gives Impetus to Calls for Military Control Over Internet
Authorities’ Focus on Political Activists while Violent Individuals Go Unnoticed on Social Media Following the killing of Mostafa Ghasemi, ...
Iran Sets Stage for More Crackdowns on University Students’ Online Activities
University students in Iran could be punished for engaging in online activities deemed by the government as “unethical” ...
Former Basij Paramilitary Member Sentenced to 13 Years for Creating Online Group
Kamal Jafari Yazdi Had a Change of Heart After the 2009 Protests Kamal Jafari Yazdi, a former staunch supporter of the Iranian government, ...
Prosecutor General’s Cyber Division Launches New Online Censorship Center in Iran
Some Internet Users in Iran Warned of Prosecution for Accessing Blacklisted Websites In 2019, Iranian media outlets began ...
Iranians Push Back as Officials Threaten to Block Instagram in Retaliation for Banned IRGC Accounts
In April 2019, Instagram began taking down accounts under the names of current and former members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), stating it was do so in accordance with US sanctions law. Iranian officials responded by threatening to ...
Iranians Push Back as Officials Threaten to Block Instagram in Retaliation for Banned IRGC Accounts
Some Iranian officials have responded to Instagram’s decision to remove accounts it has associated with the Islamic Revolutionary ...
Iran’s Telecommunications Minister Accused of Giving Influencers “Perks” to Help Bury Security Ties
Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi Denies Future Presidential Bid Amid rumors that Iran’s Telecommunications Minister Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi ...
Iranian Official: State Bans on Social Media Apps Have Slowed Flood Relief
Iranians Ask Why Apps that Could Hasten Relief Remain Blocked State filters on social media apps have reduced the ...
Millions of iPhone Users Unable to Use Iranian Apps Due to Apple Certificate Revocation
A new move by the Apple Corporation aimed at protecting user data has resulted in Iranian apps becoming ...
Cyberattacks on Iranian Online Businesses Expose State’s Failed Digital Security Promises
Government Touted “National Information Network” by Promising Improved Digital Protections At least 20 digital media and financial ...
US Resident Imprisoned in Iran Nizar Zakka Refused to Make False “Confession” on Film
Lebanese-born US resident Nizar Zakka refused to make false statements while being ...
“Ten Years is Enough:” Mother of Canadian Resident Imprisoned in Iran Seeks Pardon
The mother of Saeed Malekpour, a Canadian resident imprisoned ...
Renewed Pressure in Iran to Block Instagram After Activist’s Post About Torture Makes Headlines
A labor activist’s widely read Instagram post alleging he was ...
Judicial Official Announces Order to Block Instagram Less Than a Year After Banning Telegram Messaging App
Judicial Order Tied to Previously Undeclared Policy of App Usage Level Eight months after Iran blocked the country’s most widely used messaging app, Telegram, a deputy prosecutor has announced ...
Why Did Telegram Warn Users That Iranian Versions of the Telegram App—Talaeii and Hotgram—Are “Unsafe”?
Iranian Client Apps Are Violating Telegram's Terms of Service by Failing to Protect User Data December 17, 2018 – ...
Iran’s Oil Minister Joins Twitter, Reigniting Calls for All Iranians to Be Allowed to Use Social Network
Twitter Banned in Iran Since 2009 But Many Officials Are Active Users Iranians from across ...
Iran Poised to Allow Military Full Control Over Internet, Messaging Apps
Bill Claims to Protect “Digital Borders” by Trampling Internet Freedom, Privacy After repeated ...
Judicial Official Refuses to Lift Iran’s Ban on Twitter Despite Growing Use by State Officials
Iran's hardline prosecutor general, Mohammad ...