Financial Tribune- A recent study says 12% of Iranians believe that social media networks and applications should be filtered with immediate effect. The first of its kind, the study was conducted last month by Iranian Student Polling Agency (ISPA) affiliated to the Academic Center for Education, Culture and Research orJihad Daneshgahi, which is ...

Days after security forces attacked a group of photojournalists in Qom, authorities have imposed strict censorship on reporters in the city, insisting they obtain permission before taking any photographs. On August 11, Qom security officers attacked a group of photojournalists as they reported on an event mourning the martyrdom of Imam Sadeq, the ...

TEHRAN: The Internet and the proliferation of satellite technology mean Iran can no longer control foreign news and television broadcasts, the country's culture minister said Sunday, urging a new approach. In remarks that signal the government's intention to open Iran up to the world, Ali Jannati told police commanders that new delivery systems ...

WASHINGTON -- Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski expressed shock after seeing Iranian media censorship at work during his recent trip to Tehran, and bewilderment after discovering his critical message was not aired on Iranian television. Speaking at a joint press conference with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on March 1, ...

TEHRAN, Jan. 11 (MNA) Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said that creativity is developed in the light of freedom and that art without freedom is nonsense. President Rouhani made the remarks at Tehrans Vahdat Hall on Wednesday evening during a meeting attended by a large number of artists, literati, cineastes and groups of presidential advisors and ...

In what is widely seen as a high-level officials latest criticism of Irans unpopular and largely ignored bans on information technology, Iranian Culture Minister Ali Jannati told the state news agency this week that more than 70 percent of people in the capital, Tehran, are watching banned satellite channels. Jannati, who in Octobercame out against ...

Speaking on National Student Day on Saturday, President Rouhani has linked Irans economic future to success with the US and other powers in nuclear talks. Addressing students at Tehrans Shahid Beheshti University, Rouhani spoke of a historical day dating to Irans Constitutional Revolution in the early 20th century. He then commented on the present:...