IFP - Six Iranian ministers as well as two lawmakers, all of whom are members of the council in charge of filtering, have called for removing the 9-year ban on peoples access to Twitter. In a letter to Irans Prosecutor General, Six cabinet ministers and two lawmakers, members of the Committee of Determining Instances of Criminal Content, called ...

Financial Tribune- The Minister of Communication and Information Technology Mahmoud Vaezi has called for unblocking peoples access to Twitter. According to local technology website Digiato, Vaezi said, Since several Iranian officials actively use Twitter, the authorities should reconsider blocking the service. Blocked in Iran since 2009, Twitter ...

Twitterhas implemented a change that allows users in Iran, Cuba, and 26 other countries to select their location in their account settings, an option which wasn't previously available. This seemingly minor change, which was implemented on Tuesday without much fanfare, gives users in those 28 countries the chance to take advantage of various features ...

Hossein Mahini has had his account verified and even tweeted pictures with Foreign Minister Javad Zarif, meaning all 32 countries are represented at the World Cup. Every country at this summer's World Cup will be represented on Twitter after Iran defender Hossein Mahini became the first Iranian footballer to have his Twitter page verified - despite ...

Twitter is technically banned in Iran but #IranTalks and #GenevaTalks were trending in the hours after yesterdays historic nuclear deal. A reported2 million Iranianshave Facebook and Twitter pages, using VPNs to bypass the ban. Farsi speakers also used the hashtag #??? (Geneva) and #???? (Zarif, for Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif....