Iran
January 19, 2011In the wake of Iran's controversial 2009 presidential elections, millions of Iranians took to the web to trade information, organize, and communicate within their nation and with the rest of the world. Until, that is, Tehran decided to tighten the...
No restrictions to US export of Internet services to Iran, Sudan and Cuba
March 11, 2010By Laurel Bowman US Loosens Export Restrictions on Internet Services to 'Closed Societies' The U.S. Treasury Department has announced it will issue licenses to companies that export instant messaging and other personal Internet services to Iran,...
Nokia Faces Wrath Of Iran's Protesters
July 15, 2009By Golnaz Esfandiari Ehsan doesn't personally own a Nokia, and over the past few weeks the 26-year-old Tehran resident has actively tried to ensure that friends and family -- or anyone else who will listen -- don't buy the mobile-phone giant's products...
Iran launches English-language TV channel
July 03, 2007President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Monday officially inaugurated an English-language satellite television channel to counter the West's influence in covering news. "Press TV should broadcast the truth to the world," said Ahmadinejad in a ceremony...