The spokesman for Iran’s judiciary announced that five people have been arrested for their activities on social media networks. Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei told a press conference on Monday June 8 that five individuals who used online networks and mobile phones to rally people to the streets have been arrested. Ejei did not identify the […]
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Iranian Officials Re-Affirm Facebook Will Remain Completely Blocked in Iran
Despite the Iranian government’s stated intention to move towards the selective blocking of Internet content (“smart filtering”), a top government official proclaimed that the social networking giant Facebook would continue to be completely blocked in Iran. Abdolsamad Khorramabadi, a high-level advisor to Iran’s Prosecutor General and Secretariat of the State’s Working Group to Determine Criminal […]
Facebook users charged for alleged threat to “Iranian lifestyle”
A group of Facebook users has been arrested for the charge of “spreading corruption and degeneration of the Iranian lifestyle” The Mehr News Agency reported on January 31 that the detainees were the chief figures in an active network and were identified in a project referred to as “ankaboot” (spider). The head of the […]
Gonabadi Dervish Charged with “Acting against National Security by Liking and Sharing Posts on Facebook
A Gonabadi Dervish was charged with “acting against national security” and “disturbing public opinion”, by “Liking” a news article posted by Human Rights Activists News Agency and sharing two poster on facebook about “Gonabadi Dervishes gathering” and “Black Thursday” attack on political prisoners in Ward 350 of Evin Prison.According to Majzooban Noor, based on […]
Iranian Government Spying in Social Networking Sites
This is a field report about the indifference of internet users to the Islamic republic regime’s spying efforts in cyber space as it tries to identify those who are against the regime or certain policies.The only immunity for these users comes from their overwhelming multitudes and the undeniable prevalence of opposition to the regime. […]
Unprecedented 123 Years of Imprisonment For 8 People Active On Facebook In Iran
The Tehran Revolutionary Court, in another illegal action, sentenced 8 men and women, active on Facebook to more than 123 years of imprisonment. Since the authorities have been unable to have any influence on society in trying to ban Facebook, with this action, they seem to be trying to create panic among social network […]
Amid Escalating Threats, More Iranian Officials Join Facebook
Just days after Iran’s Police Chief threatened the country’s officials with “legal and judicial consequences” if they continue to cross the regime’s red lines by using Facebook, a governor in the southeastern province of Fars has opened his own Facebook page. With only 326 followers, and labeled “managed by fans of Dr. Seyed Mohammad Ahmadi,” […]
Eight Netizens Arrested While Iran Contemplates Unblocking Facebook and Twitter
High-ranking Iranian officials are openly using Facebook and Twitter, but for the general user population in Iran, access to these social networks continues to be blocked. According to a Kerman Province Judiciary statement, the Prosecutor for the General and Revolutionary Courts of Rafsanjan said yesterday that eight individuals have been arrested recently for publishing […]
Minister calls for open access to social networking sites
Iran’s Minister of Culture and Guidance Ali Jannati says Iranians must have open access to Facebook and all social networking sites. IRNA reports that on Monday November 4, Jannati said on the sidelines of a digital media conference: “Not only Facebook but also all social networking site must be accessible.” He added, however, that […]
Khomeini’s Granddaughter Quits Facebook Over War Joke
Heard the one about the ayatollah who wanted to marry war widows? It’s the type of joke that doesn’t get many laughs in Iran, even if told by the grandest ayatollah of them all — Ruhollah Khomeini, the founder of the Islamic republic. The 1980-88 war with Iraq remains a painful memory for Iranians, […]