July 16, 2019

Brushing Off Security Concerns, Telecoms Minister Touts Iranian-Made Mobile Phone Operating System

Telecommunications Minister Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi announced on July 7, 2019, the development of an Iranian-made version of the Android operating system (OS) ...

July 9, 2019

Why Did Internet Access Speeds Slow to a Crawl in Iran?

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 ...

May 30, 2019

Why is the Iranian Government Aiding the Development of a Censorship Circumvention Tool?

Using Iranian government resources, a Tehran-based company has been developing an online censorship circumvention tool that specifically enables users in the country to access ...

May 8, 2019

Official Admits to “Defeated” Attempt to Move Iranians Over to State-Sponsored Messaging Apps

Hamid Fatehi, a deputy minister at the Ministry ...

April 5, 2019

Iran’s Telecommunications Minister Accused of Giving Influencers “Perks” to Help Bury Security Ties

Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi Denies Future Presidential Bid Amid rumors that Iran’s Telecommunications Minister Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi is eyeing a future ...

December 17, 2018

Why Did Telegram Warn Users That Iranian Versions of the Telegram App—Talaeii and Hotgram—Are “Unsafe”?

Iranian Client Apps Are Violating Telegram's Terms of Service by Failing to Protect User Data December 17, 2018 – In response to a rising ...

August 17, 2018

Judicial Official Refuses to Lift Iran’s Ban on Twitter Despite Growing Use by State Officials

Iran's hardline prosecutor general, Mohammad Jafar Montazeri. After ...

August 15, 2018

Rouhani’s Telecom Minister Has Not Fulfilled Most of the Nine Pledges He Made Since Starting His Post

Since Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi was approved by Iran’s Parliament as the minister of Information and Communications ...

August 1, 2018

Iran’s Telecommunications Company Illegally Reroutes Telegram App Traffic

Move Designed to Tighten Ban on App But Ineffective in the Long Run In a new move aimed at tightening the state-imposed ...

June 1, 2018

Iranians Complain of Fake Accounts Created in Their Names on State-Approved Soroush App

The CEO of Iran’s Soroush messaging app, Meysam ...

May 22, 2018

Iran’s Telegram Users Back on the Rise Three Weeks After State Banned the App

Iranian Telecommunications Minister Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi has revealed that the number of Telegram users ...

May 18, 2018

Iran Tightens Internet Censorship by Requiring Government Agencies to Use State-Approved Search Engines

After banning the widely used Telegram messaging app, the Iranian government is once again ...

February 26, 2018

Iranian Telecommunications Minister Blocks His Son’s Access to Google

Telecommunications Minister Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi: “We ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

October 10, 2017

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

The Amad News channel on the Telegram messaging application. ...

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 ...

August 16, 2017