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NCRI –\u00a0Iran\u2019s regime Deputy of Interior Ministry, due to the rising fear of uprising and social unrest on the day of elections, said, “More than 260 thousand people” will be securing the presidential elections and “reinforcements” will be provided through Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps. On the evening of May 11th, Hossein Zolfaqari, the deputy of security-police in the Interior Ministry, said: “Military, intelligence, law enforcement, judicial and broadcasting services\u201d are present among the election\u2019s staff.<\/p>\n
According to this regime official, the “security initiatives and law enforcement is especially prepared by the police”, while other “initiatives at the security headquarters will take place. Also, necessary reinforcements to assist at the polling stations will be provided to help police, through the staffs of armed forces and Iranian Revolutionary guards.\u201d He also said that approaching the elections, \u201cWe will tighten the security of the borders into the country.\u201d According to this official, the country’s judiciary is going to assign a special judge to establish legal regulations that the “IRGC, paramilitary and security forces will not face any problems at the checkpoints.\u201d Zolfaghari has said the process of securing the elections will become \u201cstrengthened” next week. The twelfth round of the sham presidential election will be held in Iran on May 19th.<\/p>\n
The regime\u2019s Security Deputy of the Interior Ministry has said in another section of his press conference that \u201ccyber space will be monitored on a daily basis” and “predictions” about \u201cpossible plans and movements of specific groups” have been made.<\/p>\n
One of the regime\u2019s IRGC commanders in connection with the presidential election has also said, “Cyberspace will be fully observed” at the beginning of April. Mohammad-Jaafar Montazeri, the regime\u2019s attorney general, has recently said, \u201cThe enemy wants to influence and undermine the election through cyberspace by publishing false stories and lies.\u201d In his latest speech, Khamenei said, “Enemy” wants to “create insecurity and strife” in Iran with “unrest” and \u201csocial convulsions”. He threatened to severely collide with those who will disrupt \u201csecurity”.<\/p>\n
Khamenei, the Iranian regime \u2019s supreme leader in a speech at “Imam Hussein” University referring to the presidential election on May 10th, said, If people “breaking the laws themselves, throwing temper tantrums or making the professional enemy hopeful, then the election will be detrimental to us all\u201d.
Increasingly, the regime\u2019s officials are warning people about the dangers of cyberspace as Election Day draws near, because they feel the regime\u2019s security is threaten by it.
The Iranian regime has for years topped the list of “censors” of the Internet in the world.<\/p>\n
The Iranian regime is also amongst the countries described as the “largest” prison for journalists in the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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