The purpose of the article is to identify the cyberspace governance model in Iran. Similar to the experience of the conventional media era, governments want to dominate cyberspace with the same characteristics as print and electronic media and manage it in an authoritarian manner. The experience of cyberspace governance in the Islamic Republic has also shown that the nature of this governance is generally authoritarian and centralized, and in the meantime, people-oriented governance considerations have been marginalized. Such a mechanism ultimately pushes the cyberspace governance model towards security. The main question of the article is what model does the cyberspace governance model follow in Iran? In order to document this view based on the case study method and with the aim of achieving a practical model for cyberspace policymaking in the Islamic Republic, the laws, regulations, and policies announced regarding the two platforms Twitter and Telegram have been examined. The research findings show that securitization of governance on the one hand and marginalization of popular attachments have been two important features of space governance in Iran so far.
Keywords: Cyberspace, Governance, Twitter, Telegram, Securitization