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Tag : internet freedom

September 28, 2021

Iran’s New Government Moves to Silence Dissent by Muzzling Leading Activists

September 28, 2021 – The Iranian security establishment’s attempt to imprison four prominent human rights defenders, only a few months after the inauguration ...

April 29, 2019

Iran Sets Stage for More Crackdowns on University Students’ Online Activities

University students in Iran could be punished for engaging in online activities deemed by the government as “unethical” following the passage of an amendment ...

May 11, 2018

Eight Internet Freedom Organizations Call on Iran to Lift Ban on Telegram

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 ...

May 6, 2018

Iranian Lawyers: Rouhani Government Can Challenge Judiciary’s Ban on Telegram Messaging App

Iranian President Has Refused to Directly Counter Ban on Widely Used Social Network Two lawyers in Tehran told the Center for Human ...

January 10, 2018

Internet Cut-Off During Recent Unrest in Iran Reveals Tehran’s New Cyber Capabilities

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

October 12, 2017

Rights Organizations Urge US to Aid Access to Information in Iran by Expanding General License D-1

In a joint statement, nine rights organizations including the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) have urged the US government to expand ...

September 28, 2017

Iran’s Judiciary Sues Telegram CEO to Adopt Censorship Policies

A lawsuit has been filed in an Iranian court against the CEO of the ...

August 31, 2017

Pro-Rouhani and Reformist Social Media Admins Sentenced to Prison in Iran

Six administrators of Iranian reformist political channels on the Telegram messaging network have been sentenced to terms ranging from two to ...

August 16, 2017

Rouhani Cabinet Pick Linked to Mass Surveillance of 2009 Protesters

Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi ...

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 ...

August 4, 2017

Political Prisoner in Solitary Confinement for Hunger Striking Against Wife’s Detention

Soheil Arabi with his wife and daughter. Political prisoner Soheil Arabi, serving a seven-year prison sentence ...

August 4, 2017

Some Detained Reformist Telegram Channel Admins Released on Bail Until Trial

CHRI obtained an Instagram photo showing the minister posing ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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) ...

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 ...

April 13, 2017

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 exchange between the judiciary and ...

March 21, 2017

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 changed their names. A number of ...

March 15, 2017

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 Iranians full and safe access ...

February 21, 2017

Briefing: Tracking Twitter’s Growing Popularity in Iran

Twitter’s growth in Iran can be tracked through three distinct stages; when it was banned in 2009, during ...

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Latest News

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    April 29, 2026
  • 30 Legal Groups Call for Immediate Release of Detained Iranian Human Rights Lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh and Her Husband Reza Khandan
    30 Legal Groups Call for Immediate Release of Detained Iranian Human Rights Lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh and Her Husband Reza Khandan
    April 14, 2026
  • Attacks on Essential Infrastructure Will Have Catastrophic Consequences for Millions of Civilians Across the Region
    Attacks on Essential Infrastructure Will Have Catastrophic Consequences for Millions of Civilians Across the Region
    April 6, 2026
  • At least 1,500 Arrested in Iran as State Intensifies Domestic Crackdown
    At least 1,500 Arrested in Iran as State Intensifies Domestic Crackdown
    March 31, 2026
  • Opinion: Iran is already ramping up its next war. Guess who the ‘enemy’ is.
    Opinion: Iran is already ramping up its next war. Guess who the ‘enemy’ is.
    March 25, 2026
  • Three Protesters Publicly Hanged in Iran; Dozens More At Imminent Risk of Execution
    Three Protesters Publicly Hanged in Iran; Dozens More At Imminent Risk of Execution
    March 19, 2026
  • Civilians Must Be Protected Across the Middle East
    Civilians Must Be Protected Across the Middle East
    March 5, 2026
  • Grave Concerns for the Safety of Political Prisoners and Detainees in Iran
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    March 2, 2026
  • Iran’s Machinery of Repression Escalates: Arbitrary Arrests, Torture, Enforced Disappearances, and Death Sentences After Protest Massacre
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    February 25, 2026
  • UN Experts Demand Iran Reveal Fate of Detainees, Halt Executions
    UN Experts Demand Iran Reveal Fate of Detainees, Halt Executions
    February 20, 2026
  • Op-Ed: Iran’s Protests Have Ended. The State’s Terror Campaign Has Not.
    Op-Ed: Iran’s Protests Have Ended. The State’s Terror Campaign Has Not.
    February 16, 2026
  • Over 200 Schoolchildren Killed by Security Forces in Iran: ‘They’ve Effectively Massacred an Entire School’
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  • Unreported Atrocities: Eyewitnesses Detail Massive and Deadly State Crackdown Against Protesters in Iran’s Provincial Cities
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    January 30, 2026
  • Statement From Physicians in Iran: ‘Being a Doctor Is Not a Crime’
    Statement From Physicians in Iran: ‘Being a Doctor Is Not a Crime’
    January 29, 2026
  • UN Human Rights Council Extends Iran Fact-Finding Mission, Condemns ‘Deadliest Crackdown against Iranian People Since 1979 Revolution’
    UN Human Rights Council Extends Iran Fact-Finding Mission, Condemns 'Deadliest Crackdown against Iranian People Since 1979 Revolution'
    January 26, 2026
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    Iran: Mass Violent Arrests, Forced Confessions, Lawyers Blocked, Escalating Risk of Executions of Protesters 
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