Press TV - Internet users, including Press TVs followers on social media platforms, have reacted with shock and dismay to Googles most recent attack against the Iranian news network. On Tuesday, the US tech giant blocked access to Press TVs YouTube account for a fifth time since the network signed up with the video-sharing platform in 2009. Google ...

By AFP TEHRAN Iran on Saturday brushed aside newly-imposed US sanctions over media censorship, which it said was essential to preserve "moral values" in the Islamic republic. Dismissing them as "unimportant", Islamic Culture and Guidance Minister Mohammad Hosseini said the sanctions "against the ministry and the press watchdog are the gift of ...

By AFP WASHINGTON Washington unveiled sanctions Thursday against top Iranians and national bodies, including the communications minister and the culture ministry, hitting back for media and Internet censorship. The move against Communications Minister Reza Taghipour came after he was blamed for ordering the jamming of international satellite ...

Daily look at Irans late-breaking news and upcoming events:   Zarif, Ashton meet for nuclear talks: Mann Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and the outgoing European Union Foreign Policy Chief Catherine Ashton have started a meeting in Belgiums capital of Brussels for talks on Tehrans peaceful nuclear program, said Michael Mann, ...

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran's president Monday urged the country's clerics to be more tolerant of the Internet and new technologies, which are often the target of criticism by influential hard-liners in the Islamic Republic. Hassan Rouhani made the appeal during a meeting with clerics in Tehran, where he said that the Internet is important for aspiring ...

TEHRAN, June 15 (MNA) The head of Expediency Discernment Council of the System has said those who have no place in hearts of people are devoid of reason. Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani, who was addressing the meeting of a group of university students and political activists yesterday (Saturday), said that avoiding political strife was a rule of ...

[caption id="attachment_33507" align="alignright" width="180"] Iranian President-elect Hassan Rohani during a press conference in Tehran on June 17, 2013[/caption] Newly elected Hassan Rouhani, an opponent of segregation by gender, says Iranians' freedoms and rights have been ignored Two weeks after his sensational victoryIran's president-elect,Hassan ...

What we deal with in our country everyday! What is the definition and image you have in your mind from the word Internet? I guess many of you will say; its a tool; we use it to achieve what we want. Im telling this because when you look at something as a tool you think about its functionality and how it can help you to do something but ...

(Reuters) - The European Union imposed sanctions on Tuesday on an Iranian police unit monitoring the Internet, as well on several judges and media bosses the bloc blames for human rights violations in the Islamic Republic. The sanctions reflect mounting concerns about human rights inIranand are separate from measures against Tehran over its nuclear ...

The Islamic Republic'spresidential balloting might not be till June, but Tehran is already tightening its internet controls. Iran appears to be taking measures to tighten online censorship ahead of its presidential vote. In recent days, a long list of online activities has been designated as criminal, including calling for an election boycott, organizing ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The United States is tightening sanctions on Iran to pressure Tehran government to limit its nuclear program and placing similar restrictions on institutions that Washington says are stifling political dissent and censoring speech. Among the expanded measures announced Monday by the Treasury Department is a move to deny Iran access ...

Iranian authorities have blocked three websites:Tabnak, Baztab Emrooz and Iranian History. TabnakandBaztab Emroozare two news sites, andIranian History, as its name indicates, covered historical subjects. The 12-member committee that determines which sites are unacceptable to the authorities has given no reason for its move against the three ...