With Eye on Telegram, Internet Body Says All Social Media Apps Must Store Data Inside Iran
CHRI - To improve Iran's ability to monitor and censor online content and user activity, the country's Supreme Cyberspace Council (SCC)…
Month: August 2017
Journalist Sasan Aghaei With Iranian Reformist Etemad Daily Detained
RFL/RE - Iranian journalist Sasan Aghaei has reportedly been arrested. The charges against Aghaei, who works for the reformist daily Etemad,…
AI Researcher And Fuzzy Logic Founder Lotfi Aliasker Zadeh Passes Away
PayvandNews - The founder of fuzzy logic and University of Tehran graduate Lotfi Aliasker Zadeh has passed away. Mathematician and artificial intelligence scientist…
Iranian Parliament Increases Funding For Missiles, IRGC In Reaction To U.S. Sanctions
RFL/RE - Iran's parliament has given initial approval to a bill to increase spending on the country's missile program and the…
Iran Says Talks Under Way With Airbus On Purchase Of Helicopters
RFL/RE - Iran says it is in talks with the European aircraft manufacturer Airbus about the possible purchase of 48…
Kuwait Arrests 12 Over Ties To Iran, Hizballah
RFL/RE - Kuwaiti authorities arrested 12 convicted members of a "terrorist cell" with ties to Iran's Revolutionary Guard and Lebanon's Hizballah…
Mossad spies in close quarter to Supreme Leader : Iranian press
Al-Arabia - Iranian media has reported that the country’s intelligence services over the past few weeks have arrested a number of…
Iran: At Least 12 Prisoners Executed on the Same Day
Iran Human Rights -The Iranian authorities executed at least twelve prisoners on the same day. At least eleven of the…
Iranian Imprisoned Spiritual Leader Awaiting New Verdict While IRGC Arrests His Followers
CHRI - Followers of imprisoned Iranian spiritual leader Mohammad Ali Taheri are being arrested by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)…
Iranian Sunnis Who Supported Rouhani’s Reelection Feel Snubbed by His Cabinet Picks
CHRI - Former MP Urges Rouhani to "Expose" Human Rights Violators Iran's Sunni Muslim community is "disappointed" by President Hassan Rouhani's…