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August 13, 2017

With Eye on Telegram, Internet Body Says All Social Media Apps Must Store Data Inside Iran

The Supreme Cyberspace Council in session. To improve Iran’s ability to monitor and censor online content and user activity, the country’s Supreme Cyberspace Council (SCC) has ruled that… ...

August 4, 2017

Some Detained Reformist Telegram Channel Admins Released on Bail Until Trial

CHRI obtained an Instagram photo showing the minister posing with some of the detainees. Until their trial later this month, three out of six administrators of Pro-Rouhani Telegram channels who… ...

July 31, 2017

Judicial Official Threatens Rouhani’s Telecommunications Minister With Criminal Charges Over Telegram

…General Abdolsamad Khorramabadi has threatened to take Telecommunications Minister Mahmoud Vaezi to court for his alleged refusal to block thousands of channels on Telegram, the country’s most widely used private… ...

July 27, 2017

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 use closed content delivery networks (CDNs) —caching servers… ...

July 25, 2017

1,600 Teachers Demand Iran’s Judiciary Free Imprisoned Rights Activist

More than one thousand Iranian teachers have issued a statement calling for the release of a teacher imprisoned for peacefully advocating for teachers’ rights in the southern port city of… ...

July 22, 2017

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 online content deemed immoral by state authorities and has pledged to “get rid… ...

July 20, 2017

UNESCO 2030 Educational Guidelines Scrapped by Iran Include Essential Protective Measures Against Child Abuse

Religious conservatives in Iran began opposing the Rouhani government’s plan to implement the UNESCO… ...

July 18, 2017

Pro-Rouhani Journalist Tortured by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Acquitted of Anti-State Charges

More than two years after his arrest and torture by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), reformist journalist Farzad Pourmoradi, a supporter of President Hassan Rouhani, has been acquitted of… ...

July 5, 2017

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 has raised concerns about whether he will do the same… ...

July 5, 2017

Detained Pro-Rouhani Telegram Channel Admins Repeatedly Denied Legal Counsel Three Months After Arrests

Mohammad Taher Kanani, the lawyer representing Nima Keshvari, a Telegram channel admin who was detained in March 2017. More than one hundred days after a group of… ...

July 5, 2017

Iran’s Supreme Leader Comes to Judiciary’s Defense After Rouhani Criticizes Problematic Arrests

Iran’s supreme leader is continuing his public criticism of newly re-elected President Hassan Rouhani, this time accusing him of not doing enough to aid the judiciary in protecting the “dignity… ...

June 26, 2017

Reformist Journalist, Activist Arrested in Run-Up to Iran’s 2017 Election Post Bail

Ailing Human Rights Lawyer Granted Brief Furlough Journalist Tahereh Riahi and civil rights activist Mona Moafi, both reformists, were released on bail on June 24, 2017 while prominent human rights… ...

June 23, 2017

Angry Protestors Force Rouhani to Flee Rally in Tehran

A few weeks after being elected for a second term as president, Hassan Rouhani had to be whisked away from a rally in Tehran on June 23 by his security… ...

June 21, 2017

Denied Due Process, Detained Telegram Channel Admins Go on Hunger Strike

Telegram channel admin Nima Keshvari was detained in mid-March 2017 by the IRGC’s Intelligence Organization. Six administrators of channels on the Telegram messaging application… ...

June 12, 2017

Some Female Sports Fans Allowed to Watch Men’s Volleyball Match in Tehran, But Ban Persists

After being denied entry into Iran’s sports stadiums since 2012, hundreds of women were allowed inside Tehran’s 12,000-seat Azadi Arena on June 9, 2017 to watch a FIVB World Volleyball… ...

June 9, 2017

Ahmadinejad Aide Says He Was Imprisoned for Refusing to Collaborate With Revolutionary Guards

An imprisoned media advisor to former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has accused the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) of offering him freedom in exchange for incriminating Ahmadinejad. In an online proclamation… ...

June 9, 2017

MPs Criticize Friday Prayer Leader for Calling Female Rouhani Supporters “Prostitutes”

The Friday prayer leader of the city of Saveh in central Iran is facing backlash from reformist members of Parliament after he called female supporters of President Hassan Rouhani “prostitutes.”… ...

June 8, 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)… ...

June 7, 2017

Political Activist Detained Without Charge Subjected to “Illegal” Interrogations in Evin Prison

Ailing political activist Hengameh Shahidi, who has been on hunger strike in Evin Prison since March 16, 2017 to protest her detention without charge, is being subjected to renewed interrogations… ...

June 6, 2017

Imprisoned Teachers’ Rights Activist Returned to Evin Prison After Three-Day Hospitalization

Prominent teachers’ rights advocate Esmail Abdi, who has been on hunger strike for more than 30 days, was transported from Evin Prison to a hospital in Tehran on June 3,… ...

May 19, 2017

Iran Election Update | May 19, 2017 (Live Updates)

Find out the latest news about Iran’s May 2017 elections by following CHRI’s live updates… ...

May 15, 2017

29 EU Parliamentarians Say Iran Must End Crackdown Ahead of Elections

Letter to Mogherini Condemns Numerous Arrests and Summons May 15, 2017—This week 29 members of the European Parliament wrote a public letter to Federica Mogherini, the high representative of the… ...

May 15, 2017

Iran Election Update – May 15, 2017

Items of Note Khatami Endorses Rouhani Influential reformist leader Mohammad Khatami has thrown his weight behind incumbent President Hassan Rouhani for Iran’s May 19 presidential election. “We started on a… ...

May 13, 2017

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 the European Parliament have written a letter to Federica Mogherini, the representative of the European… ...

May 5, 2017

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, mobile and internet service companies are offering a discount to those who limit their… ...

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