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 ...

April 17, 2018

Senior Official: Telegram App Could Be Blocked “At Any Moment”

Education Ministry Bans Telegram on Campuses On the same day the secretary of Iran’s Supreme Cyberspace Council told a radio program that the widely used Telegram app could be blocked “at any moment,” the ...

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 ...

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 further eroding individual privacy rights ...