IRNA -- Government spokesman Abdollah Ramezanzadeh Wednesday confirmed that Iran had set up a committee to crack down on those Internet sites which churned out 'immoral' material. "The Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution has assigned a committee in connection with immoral sites and the telecommunications (company) has apparently started taking practical measures against these sites by blocking access to them," he said during a weekly briefing.
| "Nope. Nope. Y'can't be lookin' at no titties! They're un-Islamic..." |
Press Tuesday quoted state prosecutor Abdonnabi Namazi as saying that the Judiciary was drawing up a bill to probe into Internet offenses amid rising shift to cyber entertainment in a country where more than 60 percent of the youth are aged below 20. The move is part of the Islamic Republic's plans to regulate Internet use and clamp down on cyber-acquaintances and solicitations as well as exposure to offensive material. The Persian daily Jomhuri-ye Eslami quoted a deputy post, telephone and telegraph minister as saying that the telecommunications company had shut down certain Internet sites which were involved in presenting 'immoral as well as political material'. According to the daily, Massoud Davari-Nejad said that the telecommunications company was in negotiations to buy 'special software (equipment) which could professionally put filters on such sites'. "Some of the sites promote immoral issues and are accessible after paying money," he said.
| "No more nekkid webcam? Dang. Guess I'll just read my Koran, then..." |
"Several other sites ridicule religious and political figures of the country in an obscene manner," the daily quoted him as saying.
| Ummm... No more Rantburg, either. Doesn't that tangle your turban? |
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