Bloomberg | Ladane Nasseri: The Iranian foreign ministers on-again, off-again resignation played out across two tense days on the very social media platforms that are either banned in his country or possibly headed that way. Mohammad Javad Zarif got the whole thing rolling by posting his resignation around midnight Monday on Instagram, which isnt ...

IFP- Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says removing the monopoly of foreign messaging apps by reinforcing domestic ones does not mean other social networks must be restricted. Apparently referring to the controversial issue of blocking peoples access to the popular messenger Telegram, Rouhani stressed that people have the right to choose between ...

AFP - Iran's ministry of education on Sunday (April 15) banned the use of foreign social media networks in schools, the ILNA news agency reported, amid a push by Tehran to limit the influence of outside online platforms. Schools must "only use domestic social networks" for their communication, the ministry said in a statement, according to the reformist-...

Al Monitor - Influential Iranian parliamentarian Alaeddin Boroujerdi created a stir in Iranian media when he said that by April 20, the popular messaging service Telegram, with tens of millions of users in Iran, would be blocked. This was a decision made at thehighest levels, and Telegram will be replaced by a domestic app, said Boroujerdi, the head ...

IFP - The Iranian government has removed the temporary restrictions it had imposed on peoples access to Telegram messaging app in order to prevent the escalation of violence amid the recent unrest. Irans ICT Ministry on Saturday confirmed that Telegram has been officially unblocked a few days after the restrictions on Instagram and a number ...

IFP - Iranian Minister of Communications and Information Technology Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi has offered apology to those whose jobs have been interrupted due to the recent temporary restrictions on certain social media. In a Tuesday post in his Twitter account, Azari Jahromi said, I feel duty-bound to apologize to hundreds of thousands ...

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- The cyber-arm of Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guard says it has summoned, detained and warned some 450 administrators of social media groups in recent weeks. The announcement Tuesday, carried on a website affiliated with the Guard's cyber arm, says those detained used social media like the messaging app Telegram, which is popular ...

TEHRAN A long-smoldering battle over government control of media and culture in Iran is heating up, as opposing political forces fight over where the limits should be drawn on access to information. President Hassan Rouhani and his supporters say that press restrictions should be reduced and that the public should be trusted with greater access to ...

CNNs Chief National Security Correspondent Jim Sciutto recently returned from Iran to cover U.S.-Iran relations. It was his 11th trip there. Sciutto also covers everything from U.S. foreign policy to defense, terrorism, and intelligence issues. On Monday, he took 90 minutes to answer questions about national security during a Reddit Ask me Anything ...

The head of the Qom Islamic Promotion Organization says the Islamic Republic establishment should work on creating a significant presence on social networking sites. If we do not enter Facebook and use its capacity for promotion of the sublime religious and humanitarian values, our enemies will utilize this space, said Hojjatoleslam Abbas Eskandari....

Iranian Committee for Determining Criminal Web Content has made the decision to block access to WeChat, managing director of Iran's Telecommunication Infrastructure Company, Mahmoud Khosravi said, Fars news agency reported on Dec. 21. The WeChat Application enables smart phone users to use social networks. The application has been filtered in many ...

The honeymoon is over. President Hassan Rouhani marks 100 days in office on November 12, which is also his birthday. During his campaign against five rivals, Rouhani distinguished himself as the peoples champion and pledged tocreate a governmentof prudence and hope.And shortly after his election, Rouhani bluntly told his fellow clerics, A strong government ...

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Irans government should legalize access to social-networking websites, including Twitter andFacebook (FB), Culture and Islamic Guidance Minister Ali Jannati said. Not only Facebook, but other social networks should be accessible and the illegal qualification should be removed, Jannati said, according to the officialIslamic Republic News Agency. Iran ...