Science and Technology

iranintl – The US State Department said Rewards for Justice is offering up to 10 million dollars for information that helps identify or locate two Iran linked cyber actors tied to operations against US critical infrastructure. The program said Mohammad Bagher Shirinkar oversees the Shahid Shushtari cyber group and that Fatemeh Sedighian Kashi is a long time employee who works …

iranwire – The cameras appeared gradually at first. A few new lenses on bridges. Some updated systems on street corners.  But over the past year, the proliferation of surveillance equipment across Iranian cities has accelerated at an unprecedented pace, transforming urban landscapes into an open-air monitoring system. From Tehran’s streets to trains across the country, from government offices to private …

iranwire – When X activated its location display feature this week, the social media platform said it wanted to increase transparency and identify fake accounts. In Iran, it exposed something far more consequential: a sweeping system of internet privilege that has quietly divided the nation into digital haves and have-nots. Within hours of the feature’s activation, Iranian users noticed something …

iranintl – A recent update on X that shows the apparent country of users’ connections has ignited a backlash in Iran, as the feature exposed stark differences in online access and revived accusations that some public figures use unfiltered mobile lines. The feature, rolled out in recent days, appears to flag which accounts are connecting from inside Iran, sparking online …

iranintl – Iran has made significant investments to restore its ballistic missile capacity, increasing the likelihood of renewed war with Israel, i24 reported on Thursday, citing Western officials. “The fear of miscalculation and renewed conflict stems, among other things, from the fact that, like Israel, Iran feels that it is under an existential threat,” one of the Western sources said. …

iranintl – Google-owned security firm Mandiant reported on Tuesday that Iran-linked UNC1549 breached Middle East aerospace, aviation and defense organizations in a campaign from late 2023 to October 2025. “The operation represents a notable technical advancement for the group, which introduced two previously undocumented custom backdoors: TWOSTROKE, a lightweight Windows implant written in C++ that supports command execution, file operations, …

iranintl – Iran’s underground missile and ammunition facilities withstood the 12-day conflict and US strikes thanks to two decades of hardening and design, said Iran’s passive defense chief in an interview with the Story of the War podcast on Saturday. “Almost all underground and under-mountain missile infrastructure remains intact and has no serious problems,” Gholamreza Jalali said, crediting long-running operational …

iranintl – Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Wednesday that Tehran’s current missile power exceeds levels before a 12-day war with Israel in June and that its arch-foe was defeated in the conflict. “Our missile power today far surpasses that of the 12-day war,” Araghchi said in the Western city of Hamedan on Wednesday according to official media. “The …

iranintl – An Iranian lawmaker said economic interests tied to the sale of virtual private networks are working to keep internet filtering in place and that lawmakers are pursuing an inquiry into the pressure campaign, according to an interview published by Rouydad24. Mostafa Pourdehghan, secretary of parliament’s Industries and Mines Committee, said talks with Telegram have been under way and …

iranintl – Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf dismissed reports that the government had reached an agreement with Telegram to restore access to the banned messaging app, calling the claims false, state media reported on Sunday. Ghalibaf said any foreign platform seeking to operate in Iran must comply with domestic laws and regulations set by the Supreme Council of Cyberspace. …