I am losing clients: Iran Cracks Down on Banned Web Sites

[directfiesta]

Iran Cracks Down on Banned Web Sites

Tuesday July 1, 2003 4:29 PM


By ALI AKBAR DAREINI

Associated Press Writer

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran is using advanced U.S. technology to block web sites containing pornographic material and others run by opposition groups, an official said Tuesday.

Over 140 web sites promoting dissent against the ruling Islamic establishment, dancing and sex have been blocked since the crackdown was launched last month, said Farhad Sepahram, a Telecommunications Ministry official.

Most blocked sites belong to Iranian opposition groups, including one run by Reza Pahlavi, son of the late Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, who was toppled during the 1979 Islamic Revolution, and Abolhassan Banisadr, Iran's first-elected president after 1979, who now opposes the clerical establishment.

Also blocked are the Voice of America's Farsi program and radiofarda.com, another U.S.-financed, Farsi-speaking radio program.

this is funny:

``We are employing modern U.S.-made devices to block immoral and abusive web sites,'' Sepahram told The Associated Press.

My income dropped 70% since this happened... lol


http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlates...856530,00.html

[Gary]

I remember when afghanistan banned the internet, i lost 300 joins a month. It wasnt too bad cause they were all the same guy using stolen credit cards, but still...

[JDog]

Originally posted by Gary
I remember when afghanistan banned the internet, i lost 300 joins a month. It wasnt too bad cause they were all the same guy using stolen credit cards, but still...

That same guy, huh! Fuckers!

jDoG