Iran Poised to Block Popular Telegram Messaging App But Lacks Feasible Alternative
CHRI - Decision made at the “highest level” has set the stage for blocking social network used by 40 million.…
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National Security Official Says Telegram Will Be Filtered By Late April
Iran-HRM - The Chairman for the Committee for Foreign Policy and National Security in Majlis said that Telegram would be…
Rouhani Speaks Out Against A Possible Ban on Telegram App
Radiofarda - Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani has said on April 3 that Iran is not planning to ban popular messaging…
Iran: Chief Of Police Says Internet Should Be Controlled Internally
Iran-HRM - The state-run Fars news agency cited Iran’s Police Chief on March 29, as saying that the internet should be managed…
Tehran Likely To Ban Messaging Application Telegram
Radiofarda - Iran is likely to ban the popular messaging application Telegram by the end of the current Iranian month…
MP: Users Do Not Trust Iranian-Made Messaging Apps Fearing Government
Radiofarda - Abdolkarim Hosseinzadeh, Iranian MP and chairman of the Citizenship Rights Committee, says Iranians don’t trust messaging applications developed…
U.S. Charges Iranians Over ‘Massive’ Hacking And Data Theft Scheme
RFL/RE - U.S. authorities have charged nine Iranians and an Iranian company in what they say was a hacking scheme…
U.S., Europeans Wary As They Discuss Creating Iran Nuclear Side Deal
rferl.org - The United States has had "constructive" talks with France, Britain, and Germany about creating a side agreement to…
Can European business and technology save the Iran deal?
Al-Monitor - One of the current concerns of international companies planning to do business in Iran is the threat of…
Iran’s Conservatives Again Push To Block Telegram
Radiofarda - Once more, conservatives in Iran are ramping up pressure on President Hassan Rouhani’s government to block the messaging…