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April 30, 2018

In a Desperate Move to Squash Internet Freedom, Iran Blocks Telegram

Ban Unlikely to Stop Most of Telegram’s 40 Million Users in Iran April 30, 2018–The Iranian Judiciary has ordered internet service providers (ISPs) to block access to the country’s most… ...

April 18, 2018

Khamenei’s Dropping of Telegram Channel Lays Groundwork for Banning Messaging App

Most Iranians Distrust Domestic Messaging Apps, Will Use VPNs to Stay on Telegram Two days after the secretary of Iran’s Supreme Cyberspace Council (SCC) announced Telegram could be blocked “at… ...

April 10, 2018

Supreme Leaders Uses Fatwa to Silence Widespread Distrust of Domestic Apps

Religious Ruling Follows News That Widely Used Telegram App Will Soon Be Blocked Following a recent flurry of public criticism of domestically made messaging apps, Iran’s supreme leader has issued… ...

April 9, 2018

Rouhani Admin Facing Backlash Over Plan to Give 100 Vetted Journalists Uncensored Internet Access

Abbas Salehi, Iran’s minister of culture and Islamic guidance. Journalists Tweet “I’m Not Interested” to Protest Discriminatory Internet Policy Iranian journalists and editors working for various news publications in Iran… ...

April 5, 2018

Iran Poised to Block Popular Telegram Messaging App But Lacks Feasible Alternative

Decision made at the “highest level” has set the stage for blocking social network used by 40 million. App can be blocked on supreme leader’s order but Iranians unlikely to… ...

March 12, 2018

Iran Considers Lifting Its Nine-Year Ban on Twitter

A meeting of Iran’s Supreme Council of Cyberspace. State Body Calls Social Media an “Effective Means of Public Diplomacy” The Iranian government’s top internet policy body is currently debating whether… ...

February 26, 2018

Iranian Telecommunications Minister Blocks His Son’s Access to Google

Telecommunications Minister Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi: “We banned Google in our home.” Domestic Search Engines Enable Officials to Censor and Manipulate Results In an interview broadcast on state-funded TV, Iranian… ...

January 12, 2018

Iran Unblocks Widely Used Messaging App Telegram After Two Weeks

It took Iranian President Hassan Rouhani nearly two weeks to lift the ban on the widely used Telegram messaging app, after it was blocked amid state-imposed internet disruption during the… ...

January 9, 2018

Implications

Cyberattacks take place routinely in Iran and are on the rise. Most of the state-sponsored hacking reports CHRI has been receiving have increasingly involved the interception of text messages. Critically,… ...

January 9, 2018

Implementation phases

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,… ...

January 2, 2018

Iran’s Severely Disrupted Internet During Protests: “Websites Hardly Open”

For the first time since the mass protests of 2009, the Islamic Republic of Iran has imposed tighter than usual restrictions on internet access to curb the distribution of images,… ...

December 21, 2017

US Repeal of Net Neutrality Harms Internet Freedom at Home and Abroad

December 21, 2017 — The decision by the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to repeal net neutrality rules has given a green light to repressive countries like Iran to continue… ...

December 7, 2017

Rouhani Admin’s New “Fair Usage” Internet Price Rates Violate Net Neutrality

Iran’s Minister of Information and Communications Technology Mohammad-Javad Azari Jahromi. Seven months into President Hassan Rouhani’s second term, his Telecommunications Minister Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi has introduced a new pricing… ...

November 18, 2017

Iranian Official Threatens “Restrictions” on Social Media Networks That Reject State Censorship Policies

A senior official representing Iran’s top internet regulation body has threatened to take action against social media applications that refuse to comply with the country’s strict censorship rules… ...

November 15, 2017

Iran’s Requirement for Internet Users to Verify Their Identity Would Further Erode Privacy Rights

Ongoing announcements by Iranian officials that every citizen in the country will soon be required to verify their identity to use the internet indicates that the state is moving towards… ...

November 12, 2017

Iran’s Telecommunications Minister Says He’s Looking Into Lifting the State Ban on Twitter

Telecommunications Minister Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi’s Twitter page. Officials Used App For Years While Denying Access to Citizens The head of Iran’s Information and Communications Technology Ministry has promised to… ...

October 10, 2017

Iranian Officials Increase Pressure on Telegram App to Comply With Censorship Policies

The Amad News channel on the Telegram messaging application. Iranian Telecommunications Minister Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi has vowed to block “anti-revolutionary channels” on the Telegram messaging… ...

October 2, 2017

Admins of Iranian Pirated Movies Website Arrested After Complaints from “Licensed” Rivals

A screenshot of the TinyMoviez website. Six administrators of a popular website streaming pirated foreign films with Farsi-language subtitles and voiceovers have been arrested following complaints from their rivals, which… ...

September 20, 2017

The Minister is Wrong: Using Circumvention Tools to Access Censored Websites in Iran is Legal

Iranian Telecommunications Minister Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi was incorrect when he stated recently that using software to access censored online content in Iran is illegal. Indeed, no such law exists…. ...

August 16, 2017

Rouhani Cabinet Pick Linked to Mass Surveillance of 2009 Protesters

Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi has been appointed by President Rouhani to head his telecommunications ministry. Telecommunications Nominee Boasts of Aiding Iran’s State Spying Operations August 16, 2017—President Hassan Rouhani’s pick… ...

August 3, 2017

Rouhani Could Appoint Surveillance Expert From Ahmadinejad Era to Telecommunications Ministry

Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi could become Iran’s new telecommunications minister. Javad Azari Jahromi Enters Spotlight By Unblocking YouTube and Blogger in Universities President Hassan Rouhani is considering nominating a former… ...

March 4, 2010

Disqualification of Lawyers and the Iranian Bar Association’s Demise: An Interview with Abdolsamad Khorramshahi

Distinguished Iranian attorney Abdolsamad Khorramshahi is one of 36 attorneys who were recently disqualified by the Judges Court for membership in the Board of Directors of the Iranian Bar Association…. ...

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