Iran blocks Signal messaging app after WhatsApp exodus ... 1233aljazeera.com 27/01/2021 Internet-IT With Signal shut down, WhatsApp and Instagram remain the only two unblocked major social media platforms. By Maziar Motamedi 26 Jan 2021 Tehran, Iran...View Details»	Iran's telecom minister appears before prosecutor, released ... 1176startribune.com 20/01/2021 Military By AMIR VAHDAT Associated Press January 20, 2021 — 10:05am TEHRAN, Iran — Iran's judiciary released the country's telecom minister on bail Wednesday ...View Details»
Why are WhatsApp users joining rival platforms? ... 1120aljazeera.com 14/01/2021 Internet-IT Changes to privacy terms by WhatsApp has caused an exodus of users to rivals Telegram and Signal. WhatsApp, a Facebook-owned messaging service that ha...View Details»	Iran executes dissident journalist Ruhollah Zam: State TV ... 1418aljazeera.com 12/12/2020 People Zam, convicted of fomenting violence during the 2017 anti-government protests, hanged early on Saturday morning. Iran has executed a once-exiled journ...View Details»
Iran top court upholds dissident journalist’s death sentence ... 1330aljazeera.com 08/12/2020 Military Ruhollah Zam was convicted for fuelling anti-government unrest in 2017 on social media. Iran’s Supreme Court has upheld a death sentence against dissi...View Details»	Iran's secular shift: new survey reveals huge changes in religious bel... 1813theconversation.com 10/09/2020 Culture Iran’s 1979 Islamic revolution was a defining event that changed how we think about the relationship between religion and modernity. Ayatollah Khomein...View Details»
#Don't_Execute: viral campaign to stop Iran protester hangings ... 1785france24.com 14/08/2020 Politics Paris (AFP) A campaign on a rare scale uniting activists and personalities inside Iran and out is pressing Tehran not to execute men detained over ant...View Details»	Iran Issues Death Sentence for Opposition Journalist ... 2335nytimes.com 01/07/2020 Military By Elian Peltier June 30, 2020 An Iranian opposition journalist who played an active role in widespread protests that engulfed the country in 2017...View Details»
Telegram pledges to make anti-censorship tools for Iran and China ... 2373techcrunch.com 22/06/2020 Internet-IT By Rita Liao, Natasha Lomas / 6:30 pm +0430•June 22, 2020 The encrypted instant messenger Telegram said on Monday it’s ramping up efforts to develop a...View Details»	Russia lifts futile two-year ban on Telegram Messenger... 2568thenextweb.com 19/06/2020 Internet-IT by Thomas Macaulay Russia has canceled its ineffective two-year ban on messaging app Telegram, Reuters reports. The service had been blocked since Ap...View Details»

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