Background Regulation of freedom of expression in Iran is extensive and the parameters of prohibited conduct are vague and ambiguous, or simply undefined. It is prohibited to publish matters relating to atheism and sensitive information without prior approval, and media cannot sow social...

ONI has documented filtering in Iran in a number of studies over the past four years, demonstrating an increase in the extent of filtering. At the core of the issue is the impact of Internet filtering on the range...

ISPs in Iran were ordered to block Yahoo email, messenger, and group sites, reported Iranian Web site Norooznews.ir (Farsi). The site added that the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology refused to acknowledge the reports of the blocking which went into effect...

Iran is reported to have sealed off the office of the popular news Web site baztab.com. The last item on the Web site carried the headline: "The wish of the presidential office was realised and Baztab's offices were sealed off", Reuters reported....

It has been widely reported that on the evening of 16 September 2007 Google and its related services (Gmail, et cetera) were blocked in Iran. The popular blog server blogfa was also blocked. Iran unblocked access to these services...

The fundamentalist Web site Baztab.com which is critical of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has been closed down, reports Robert Tait of The Guardian. The banning of the conservative Web site was justified by the first open use of regulations adopted on 27...

Blogger and Global Voices contributor Sami Ben Gharbia chats with Iranian Hamed Saber about his innovative method for bypassing the ban on Flickr.com -- a popular photo-archive website site blocked in Iran and the UAE. ...

Journalist and activist Omid Memarian discusses the new registration requirement for websites and weblogs sourced in Iran -- the latest maneuver by the hardliner government to tighten its grip on the Internet. ...

Senior officials in Iran's judiciary have ordered Internet service providers to block access to several popular websites, reports Robert Tait of The Guardian. The edict follows the recent restriction of Internet speeds in the country to 128kbs, which...

Little more than a month ago, the technical head of the Iranian company charged with filtering Internet content in Iran declared that Iran was blocking more than 10 million websites. Not to be outdone, Iranian government officials have countered by...