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Iran Pulls Plug on Websites
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NASSER KARIMI
Associated Press
February 15, 2008
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian authorities banned five Web sites that comment on current events for “poisoning” public opinion ahead of the crucial mid-March parliamentary elections, the state radio reported on Thursday.
The move is the latest in an election period which has seen the Interior Ministry, run by hard-liners close to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, disqualify more than 2,000 prospective candidates — most of them reformers.
About 280 of those candidates were reinstated Tuesday by the Guardian Council, Iran’s hard-line constitutional watchdog. But reformists have complained the reversal was insufficient to ensure a fair election.
In the past, the authorities have occasionally closed down some of the hundreds of private Web sites that comment on Iranian news and politics. But this was the first time they closed down five at once — a reflection of growing tension ahead of the vote.
The radio said Tehran General Prosecutor, Saeed Mortazavi, ordered the ban because the Web sites were “poisoning the electoral sphere.” It did not name any of the sites, but a report by Web site of state broadcasting company identified one of them as Nosazi, which in Farsi means Reconstruction. The site is considered hard-line and reflective of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s stance.
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February 16th, 2008 at 5:29 am
That’s weird that a site “reflective of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s stance” is shut down
February 16th, 2008 at 11:58 pm
Yes, weird. I thought Iran was cutoff from the internet. But, oops. The internal internet still rules in Iran, even if Ahmadinejad won’t be ruling soon.
February 19th, 2008 at 7:40 am
A police state is created over a period of time. Right now, the U.S. is a young teenager, just about to reach manhood. wake up!
The reason the internet is not shut down in the U.S. is because they need more time to get info from as many people as they can in their database. As soon as they feel they have enough info, you will see the shutdowns occur.
February 20th, 2008 at 12:47 pm
Think of sites such as this more of a cautious warning to would be globalists. Sort of a “yeah, we’re keeping an eye on you, so don’t try anything funny.” Wow…in a different light, that could be construed as something they would say.
We must use this ability with utmost care and not be corrupted ourselves.
February 22nd, 2008 at 6:37 pm
Regardless of what Iran tries to do… there are too many muslims during Israel’s expansion period. They will subvert that entire area till every nook and cranny… just like they have done in the USA with subverting christianity and politics. They have infiltration methods down pat and they go about it as if reading from a playbook from days long ago.