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With Eye on Telegram, Internet Body Says All Social Media Apps Must Store Data Inside Iran
The Supreme Cyberspace Council in session. ...
Political Prisoner in Solitary Confinement for Hunger Striking Against Wife’s Detention
Soheil Arabi with his wife and daughter. Political prisoner Soheil Arabi, ...
Rouhani Could Appoint Surveillance Expert From Ahmadinejad Era to Telecommunications Ministry
Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi ...
Judicial Official Threatens Rouhani’s Telecommunications Minister With Criminal Charges Over Telegram
Photo caption: Telecommunications Minister Mahmoud Vaezi (right) and Deputy Prosecutor General Abdolsamad Khorramabadi Iran’s ...
Telegram’s Efforts to Increase Download Speed in Iran Raises Questions
Placement of Telegram CDNs in Iran Requires Increased Transparency June 27, 2017—In light of the decision by the messaging application Telegram to ...
Iran’s Telecommunications Minister Pledges To “Get Rid of” Foreign Social Media Despite Past Failed Attempts
President Hassan Rouhani’s Telecommunications Minister Mahmoud Vaezi has refuted criticism that he has been unwilling to block ...
Telegram App Submits to Russian Registration Requirement. Will it Do the Same in Iran?
The announcement by the CEO of the Telegram messaging application that he has agreed to register his firm in Russia ...
Denied Due Process, Detained Telegram Channel Admins Go on Hunger Strike
Telegram channel admin Nima Keshvari was detained in mid-March 2017 ...
Rouhani Government “Closed Seven Million” Websites in First Term
A cabinet minister appointed by centrist President Hassan Rouhani has admitted that the Ministry of Telecommunications and Information Technology filtered “seven million” websites during Rouhani’s first term (2013-17) ...
Judiciary Forbids Campaigners From Printing Rouhani’s Criticism of Revolutionary Guard
Hardliners Working to Suppress Reformist Leader’s Endorsement of Rouhani Since reformist leader Mohammad Khatami ...
29 Members of EU Parliament Urge Iran to Release Detained Journalists and Activists Ahead of 2017 Elections
Ahead of Iran’s elections on May 19 for president and local councils, 29 members of ...
Iran’s Mobile and Internet Service Providers Offer Discount For Limiting Usage to State-Approved Websites
To discourage users in Iran from accessing websites that have not been sanctioned by the government, ...
Iran’s Judiciary Blocks Instagram’s Live Video Service Weeks Before May 2017 Elections
Instagram’s live video feature has been blocked in Tehran by several internet ...
Three Young Men to Serve 12 Years in Prison For “Insulting” Social Media Posts
Three 24-year-olds have been sentenced to 12 years in prison each in Iran for posting critical commentary about ...
IRGC Commander Publicly Criticizes Rouhani’s Refusal to Block Telegram Call Service Before Election
One month before Iranians head to the polls, a senior commander of ...
Iranian Judiciary Blocks Popular Telegram App’s New Voice Call Service
Iran’s judiciary has ordered internet companies to block the Telegram messaging ...
Social Media Emerges as Major Battlefront in Iran’s May 2017 Elections
A month before Iranians head to the polls for the presidential and council elections, a heated ...
Admins of 12 Reformist Telegram Channels Arrested in Iran Ahead of May 2017 Election
Iranian security forces arrested an unknown number of administrators of 12 reformist-aligned Telegram channels on March 14-16, 2017, deleted the channels’ content and ...
Memo to Tech and Social Media Companies: Allow Iranians Access to Online Tools
Firms such as Apple, Twitter, Google, GoDaddy, Facebook, AMD, Norton, Comodo, Oracle and Adobe are denying Iranians the right to purchase or download tools and services that are legal, available to the rest of the world, and essential for allowing ...
Briefing: Tracking Twitter’s Growing Popularity in Iran
Twitter’s growth in Iran can be tracked through three distinct stages; when it ...
Report: Iranian Hackers Target Activists’ Mac Devices With Revamped Malware
State-sponsored Iranian hackers, who had until now focused almost exclusively on civil and human rights-focused users of ...