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 ...
Some Iranian officials have responded to Instagram’s decision to remove accounts it has associated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) by pushing for a nationwide ban on the popular social media ...
Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi Denies Future Presidential Bid Amid rumors that Iran’s Telecommunications Minister Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi is eyeing a future presidential bid, investigations by the Center for Human Rights in ...
Iranians Ask Why Apps that Could Hasten Relief Remain Blocked State filters on social media apps have reduced the efficiency of relief operations in flood-hit regions of Iran, according to an official working ...
A new move by the Apple Corporation aimed at protecting user data has resulted in Iranian apps becoming unusable on the iOS mobile operating system as of February 27, 2019, for some ...
Government Touted “National Information Network” by Promising Improved Digital Protections At least 20 digital media and financial companies in Iran were targeted with DDoS attacks in February 2019, highlighting the government’s ...
Lebanese-born US resident Nizar Zakka refused to make false statements while being filmed in Evin Prison in Tehran where he has been imprisoned since 2017, ...
The mother of Saeed Malekpour, a Canadian resident imprisoned in Iran since 2008, sent a letter to Tehran Prosecutor Abbas Jafari Dolatabadi on ...
A labor activist’s widely read Instagram post alleging he was tortured while in the custody of Iran’s Intelligence Ministry ...
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 a judicial ...
Iranian Client Apps Are Violating Telegram's Terms of Service by Failing to Protect User Data December 17, 2018 – In response to a rising chorus of concerns by internet security experts, Telegram, the widely ...
Twitter Banned in Iran Since 2009 But Many Officials Are Active Users Iranians from across the political spectrum responded to the new presence on Twitter by Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh by ...