Telecommunications Minister Falsely States the Problem Originated Outside the Country Telecommunications Minister Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi made a false statement when he said via Twitter that recent disruptions to internet access in Iran were due to technical issues ...
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 for a state agency that ...
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 9 million users. Apple said it ...
A labor activist’s widely read Instagram post alleging he was tortured while in the custody of Iran’s Intelligence Ministry was never fully investigated but ...
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 urging the government to lift ...
Bill Claims to Protect “Digital Borders” by Trampling Internet Freedom, Privacy After repeated denials by Iranian officials about the existence of a bill that would allow an elite branch of the ...
Iran's hardline prosecutor general, Mohammad Jafar Montazeri. After several state officials called on President Hassan Rouhani to make Twitter accessible in Iran, a ...
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This report examines the Iranian Judiciary’s ban on the Telegram messaging app, which as of 2018 was integrated into all aspects of daily life in Iran and had some 40 million active users in the country. It assesses what it means for Iranians’ digital rights, ...
The undersigned organisations call on the Rouhani administration to challenge the order and call on the Judiciary to revoke the order and end this egregious violation of freedom of expression rights ...
President Rouhani Claims Supreme Leader Ordered Ban on Messaging App Used by 40 Million Investigations by the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) show that Iran’s Telecommunications Infrastructure Company (TIC), which operates under President Hassan ...
Iranian President Has Refused to Directly Counter Ban on Widely Used Social Network Two lawyers in Tehran told the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) that the Iranian president has the authority to object to the ...
The latest move by the authorities in Iran against the messaging app Telegram, used by some 40 million Iranians, has resulted in disruptions in access, slower speeds and higher costs for the popular app. This move ...
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 ...
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 a fatwa ...
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 flock to domestic alternatives due to ...
Guards at the Gate: The Expanding State Control Over the Internet in Iran provides an in-depth review of Iran’s internet policies and initiatives, in particular, the development of its state-controlled National Internet Network (NIN), which gives the government newly expanded abilities to control Iranians’ access ...
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, videos and reports about the nationwide protests ...
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 ...
Websites affiliated with former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad were blocked in Iran and the country’s most widely used state-approved video-sharing site has barred users from accessing Ahmadinejad-related content after the controversial politician criticized state officials in a recent speech ...
Iranian users of an Uber-like Iranian-made app recently discovered that the app had spied on their phone data ...
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 ...
Hackers working for Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) targeted journalists based abroad with a malware campaign launched on November 6, 2017 ...
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In a joint statement, nine rights organizations including the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) have urged the US government to expand General License D-1, which allows the sale and distribution of personal communications tools ...
