TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran's president Monday urged the country's clerics to be more tolerant of the Internet and new technologies, which are often the target of criticism by influential hard-liners in the Islamic Republic. Hassan Rouhani made the appeal during a meeting with clerics in Tehran, where he said that the Internet is important for aspiring ...

[caption id="attachment_113789" align="alignright" width="244"] A leading conservative cleric in Iran is worried about the "negative features" of high-speed mobile Internet and 3G services.[/caption] Asenior Iranian hard-line cleric says high-speed mobile Internet and third generation mobile services are "un-Islamic" and violate "human and moral norms"....

TEHRAN (Tasnim) The third generation of mobile telecommunications services (3G) will be unveiled in Iran within the next few days, an Iranian minister announced. Speaking to the Tasnim News Agency on Saturday, Iranian Minister of Communications and Information Technology Mahmoud Vaezi said the 3G mobile operators will commence service during the ...

A new Iranian 3G mobile Internet operator that has brought video-calling to Iran is flouting a fatwa issued by four grand ayatollahs. Rightel, Irans third mobile-phone operator, provides Iranians with their first ever 3G Internet services, allowing customers to use both video-call and multi-media messaging functions. The firm, which sponsored Irans ...