Iran
Country Profile: Iran
Background
Speech in the Islamic Republic of Iran is heavily regulated. The limits to freedom of expression in Iran are grounded in the constitution and speech restrictions extend over a broad range of topics, including religion, immorality, social harmony and politics. In comparison...
- Posted on 16/Jun/2009; tagged in Iran, Middle East and North Africa (MENA)
ONI Blog: CPJ Ranks Ten Most Censored Countries
In preparation for World Press Freedom Day, the Committee to Protect Journalists published its findings on the most censored countries in the world. The top three countries with the most press restrictions and least access to media information were revealed to...
- Posted on 03/May/2012; tagged in Asia, Belarus, Burma, Circumvention, Cuba, Europe, Guinea, Guinea, Internet tools filtering, Iran, Latin America, Legislation, Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Political filtering, Saudi Arabia, Social filtering, Sub-Saharan Africa, Surveillance, Syria, Threats to the Open Net, Uzbekistan
ONI Blog: Threats to the Open Net: April 13, 2012
Iran's Ministry of Communications and Information Technology has denied that they are planning a domestic intranet. In a statement, they claimed that rumors about an intranet were the result of hostile propaganda from the west.
Major software and Internet companies have ...
- Posted on 14/Apr/2012; tagged in Asia, China, Iran, Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Threats to the Open Net, United States of America, United States/Canada
ONI Blog: Iran Plans to Implement "Clean Internet" by August 2012 [Update: Govt Denies Intranet Plans]
Update, April 10, 2012: The Iranian Ministry of Communications and Information Technology is denying that the government has plans to implement a national intranet. According to the AFP, the Ministry posted a statement on its website (available only inside...
- Posted on 09/Apr/2012; tagged in Filtering tech and software, Iran, Legislation, Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Social filtering, Take-down
ONI Blog: Threat to the Open Net: March 30, 2012
China removed all mentions of Bo Xilai on China's microblogging sites. After the CCP member was removed from his position as secretary of Chongqing municipality, Chinese microblogs blew up with discussions about the politician as well as rumors of unrest in...
- Posted on 30/Mar/2012; tagged in Asia, China, Egypt, Iran, Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Threats to the Open Net
ONI Blog: Food Blogger Evades Iran's Censorship
A food critic who goes by the online pseudonym Mr. Taster recently spoke about getting around Iran's sophisticated Internet restrictions, as Mashable reports. At the 2012 Reykjavik Internet Marketing Conference, he discussed how he uses virtual private networks to use Facebook...
- Posted on 29/Mar/2012; tagged in Iran, Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Social filtering, Surveillance
ONI Blog: UK Accuses Iran of Blocking British Diplomatic Website
Three days after the British government launched the website "UK for Iranians," the site was blocked promptly in Tehran, Reuters reports. British Foreign Secretary William Hague was featured on the website in a video with giving a message to Iranians....
- Posted on 28/Mar/2012; tagged in Data retention, Europe, Iran, Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Political filtering, United Kingdom
ONI Blog: Threats to the Open Net: March 23, 2012
Pakistan halts its plans to implement a firewall against a list of objectionable URLs. The Ministry of Information Technology reversed its decision after the National Assembly withdrew due to stakeholder concerns.
PayPal eased up on its policy on companies using their...
- Posted on 23/Mar/2012; tagged in Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), Europe, Iran, Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Pakistan, Political filtering, United Kingdom, United States of America, United States/Canada
ONI Blog: Threats to the Open Net: February 17, 2012
Iran's government blocked a number of foreign-based websites right before the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution. The government also blocked encrypted traffic, causing Tor users to drop offline on Friday. After a concerted effort by Tor to mask...
- Posted on 17/Feb/2012; tagged in Europe, Iran, Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Threats to the Open Net, United States of America, United States/Canada
ONI Blog: Tor Helps Iranians Get Back Online
Iranian Internet users experienced a drastic blackout over the weekend as the government blocked encrypted Internet traffic. Tor, an anonymity and circumvention tool that offersa network run by volunteers, reported that on Friday, the number of Tor users in Iran—usually around...
- Posted on 15/Feb/2012; tagged in Elections, Iran, Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Political filtering, Take-down
