UN human rights experts have urged the Iranian government to abandon a proposed bill that would drastically increase the authorities’ ability to censor and surveil activity on the internet. "This bill represents a worrying step towards the ...
Government Touted “National Information Network” by Promising Improved Digital Protections At least 20 digital media and financial companies in Iran were targeted with DDoS attacks in February 2019, highlighting the government’s inability to deliver promised protections ...
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 ...
Since Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi was approved by Iran’s Parliament as the minister of Information and Communications Technology on August 20, 2017, internet control, censorship and surveillance by the state have expanded significantly according ...
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 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 ...
A meeting of Iran's Supreme Council of Cyberspace. State Body Calls Social Media an “Effective Means of Public Diplomacy” The Iranian government’s top internet policy body is currently debating whether it should ...
Telecommunications Minister Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi: “We banned Google in our home.” Domestic Search Engines Enable Officials to Censor ...
It took Iranian President Hassan Rouhani nearly two weeks to lift the ban on the widely used Telegram messaging app, after it was blocked amid state-imposed internet disruption during ...
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 ...
