Reports say Iranian security personnel stopped a delegation from the European Parliament from speaking to foreign media in Tehran on June 7. The delegation, headed by Germany’s Elmar Brok, had planned a press conference at their hotel at the end of a two-day visit. However, security officials at the hotel reportedly didn’t allow the […]
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Iran Court Reportedly Orders Instagram Blocked
Iran’s semiofficial Mehr news agency is reporting that a court has ordered that Instagram be blocked over privacy concerns. Mehr said a court order had been given to Iran’s Ministry of Telecommunications to ban the popular mobile phone photo-sharing service because of a lawsuit. Social websites such as YouTube, Twitter, and Facebook have already […]
Facebook and Twitter Blocked Again in Iran After Respite
Internet users in Iran lost access Tuesday to Facebook and Twitter, a day after they were surprised to find that they could get on the sites without having to evade a government’s firewall that had blocked direct access to the Web sites for years. Iranian officials said that a technical glitch resulted in the […]
Iran Restores Access To Gmail; YouTube Still Blocked
Iranian authorities have restored access to Gmail one week after blocking Google’s popular email service in the country.
Connections severed or slowed and Google Mail blocked in latest anti-Internet offensive
Reporters Without Borders condemns the government’s latest offensive against the Internet coinciding with celebrations marking the Islamic Revolution’s 31st anniversary. Online access has again been disrupted, as it is whenever opposition protests are expected.
UPDATE 1-Iran rial slides, ‘dollar’ text messages appear blocked
* Rial down 20 pct since central bank intervention last week * Market rate vs dollar now 50 percent below official rate * Iranians say “dollar” text messages blocked, officials reportedly deny * One estimate puts inflation at 40 pct due to currency slide By Mitra Amiri
UK government says Iran blocked its website
(Reuters) – Britain, which closed its embassy in Tehran last month after it was ransacked by protesters, said on Thursday that Iranian authorities had blocked its website aimed at Iran.