Author Archives: James Marchant

This month, developments in Iranian ICT policy have been overshadowed by the tragic floods that swept across much of the country. Starting amidst the Nowruz celebrations on 21 March, these floods continue to wreak havoc up until the time of writing. These developments (along with the regular end-of-year lull) meant that March was a quietContinue reading “Policy Monitor — March 2019”

February was a relatively quiet month for internet policy developments in Iran. With the meeting of the Supreme Council of Cyberspace suspended for the month, major developments were not particularly forthcoming. As we approached the end of the Iranian calendar year 1397, we did see a wave of fresh announcements from Iranian officials about theContinue reading “Policy Monitor — February 2019”

In January, headlines were briefly dominated by the news that Iran was planning to implement a two-hour internet shutdown as part of a defence exercise — threatening severe disruption to users. A public outcry deterred authorities from following through in the end, but the debacle did manage to overshadow some other potentially worrying policy-making developmentsContinue reading “Policy Monitor — January 2019”