For years, women's defiance in Iran came in carefully planned flashes of hair under their head scarves, brightly painted fingernails and trendy clothing that could be glimpsed under bulky coats and cloaks. But these small acts of rebellion against the theocratic government have been quickly eclipsed in the wake of the disputed June 12 presidential elections. In their place came images of...

BEIRUT, June 22, 2009 (MENASSAT) - "If you have a Twitter account, log in and set your location to Teheran, Iran, and your local time to GMT +3:30. Thank you," reads a message posted on the wall of the Facebook group "Iranians/Persians in Dubai" in an effort to help Iranian twitterers avoid persecution by security forces. Another message posted in the group calls on Iranians...

As the Iranian government seeks to crack down on the online networks being used by protesters who question the nation's election results, a community of Net-savvy users - both inside and outside the country - are working to try to stay one step ahead. "To the Iranian government hackers who keep attacking the places they see as a threat, you are wasting your time," wrote one anonymous...

In the days following Iran's election, the government has slowed the speed of the Internet and limited access to Web sites in ways that show the growing technical skills of the country's Web censors. The government has clamped down on traffic by apportioning less bandwidth to so-called Internet connection providers - of which there are about 90 in Iran - that provide Web access to the country's...

A new generation of Iranians has found ways to bypass the country's notoriously censorial Internet restrictions and disseminate details about Iran's internal turmoil in the wake of the recent election. In technical circles, at least, Iran is well-known for erecting one of the world's most restrictive Internet blockades, second only to China in its scope. Certain blogs are cordoned off,...