MNA The 20th edition of Exhibition of Telecommunications, Information Technology, and Innovative ICT Solutions (Iran Telecom Plus 2019) opened at Tehran Permanent International Fairgrounds on Tuesday. The inaugural ceremony was attended by the Secretary of Irans Supreme Council of Cyberspace Abolhassan Firouzabadi, Deputy Ministry of Communications ...

Al-Monitor - After four days of a near complete internet blackout, Iranian authorities have begun to restore internet connectivity to the country. According to Fars News Agency, the resumption of internet access is being done gradually and province by province. According to the Fars report, Hormozgan, Arak, Kermanshah, Mashhad, Qom, Tabriz, Hamedan,...

Radio Farda - The National Iranian Cyberspace Center has denied reports about the lifting of the ban on popular social networking application Telegram. A statement issued by the center on Thursday October 10 says rumors on social media about the lifting of the ban on Telegram are not true. Telegram, which had close to 40 million users in Iran ...

MNA Secretary of Iran's Supreme Council of Cyberspace Abolhassan Firouzabadi said Apples ban on Iranian-developed apps is a political decision, saying the import of Apple products is not in the countrys interest. The iOS versions of the mobile apps developed in Iran, such as Iranian banks, online payment firms as well as ride-hailing and food delivery ...

MNA Secretary of Iran's Supreme Council of Cyberspace said that Iran is after replacing Instagram with a domestic platform and such an alternative has already been developed. Abolhassan Firouzabadi didnt provide further detail on the domestic platform and said that Iran needs to offer a better and a more comprehensive alternative for the US-based ...

MNA Secretary of Iran's Supreme Council of Cyberspace said that it is essential for Instagram to have a responsive representative in Iran. Abolhassan Firouzabadi made the remarks on Sunday on the sideline of an IT-related project inauguration ceremony in Tehran. According to a regulation passed by the Supreme Council of Cyberspace, every foreign-...

Financial Tribune - Key entities in Iran's government are preparing to officially endorse the import of hardware required to mine cryptocurrency in complementary efforts aimed at backing crypto mining to help an economy under heavy pressure. "Necessary coordination has been done with related entities to allow the flow of hardware needed to mine ...

Financial Tribune- Irans High Council of Cyberspace, one of the main entities deciding the fate of virtual currencies in Iran, has welcomed the idea of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies if they are harnessed by clearly-stated regulations. We [at the HCC] welcome Bitcoin, but we must have regulations for Bitcoin and any other digital currency. Studies ...

TechRasa- According to the head of Irans Supreme Council of Cyberspace, messaging apps are not obligated to obtain license. During an interview with Fars News, Seyed Abolhassan Firouzabadi, the head of Irans Supreme Council of Cyberspace stated that messaging apps in Iran are not obliged to obtain license. He added that if a messaging app company ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Secretary of Iran's Supreme Council of Cyberspace Abolhassan Firouzabadi announced that the country has become the target of a new massive Distributed Denial-Of-Service (DDoS) attack recently. "2 or 3 weeks ago, a DDoS attack was launched on Iran's network and the international relations of several important and large service-providers ...