Iran’s cyber monitors often tout their fight against the West’s “soft war” of influence through the Web, but trying to block Google’s popular Gmail appeared to be a swipe too far. Complaints piled up — even from email-starved parliament members — and forced authorities Sunday to double down on their promises to create […]
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Iran to crack down on web censor-beating software
Cyber police aim to block Iran’s Virtual Private Networks, used by 20-30% of the country’s internet users (AFP, Atta Kenare) Iran’s cyber police force is poised to launch a new crackdown on software that lets many Iranians circumvent the regime’s Internet censorship, media reported on Sunday.
New Wave Of Blocking Gonabadi Dervishes’s Blogs:”Bandar Abbas’s Dervishes Weblog” Was Filtered For The Sixteenth Time
“Bandar Abbas’s dervishes weblog”, one of the oldest personal blog that is belong to the Gonabadi dervishes, was filtered for the sixteenth times .
Iran threatens to totally cut Web access
TEHRAN, April 10 (UPI) — Iran may completely cut millions of Internet users in the country off from the Web, and from social networks and e-mail services, analysts said.
Web Developer and Humorist Mehdi Alizadeh Has Been Sentenced To Death
Continuing his trend of issuing death sentences, Judge Salavati, presiding over Branch 15 of the Revolutionary Court, has given the death sentence to web developer and humorist Mehdi Alizadeh.
Iranians to remain connected to World Wide Web
Iran’s Minister of Communications and Technology has announced that current internet services will not be replaced by the National Information Network that’s now being developed, but rather the two will exist alongside each other.
Web Master & Blogger Vahid Asghri Sentenced to Death
One month after his trial held at the 15th branch of the Revolutionary Court, the authorities have notified Vahid Asghri that a death sentence has been issued for him.
Iranian internet users to be cut off from World Wide Web
A member of Iran’s Corporate Computer Systems reports that Iran will be cut off from the World Wide Web once the country launches its own national internet network.
Parliament set to criminalize more web activities
Iran’s Parliament is preparing a proposal to widen the scope of computer crime laws to include text messages, weblogs and comments left on websites.
Security forces attack the home of Maste Yar Web Site Manager
According to Majzooban Noor reporter, the security forces attacked and probed the home of Maste Yar web site showing a warrant from the court.