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NCRI – A high level state Mullah, close to Iranian regime’s Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, admitted the regime defeat in preventing the use of cyberspace and social media by young people, saying that the solution for cyberspace is not filtering.<\/p>\n
The Mullah who was speaking in Mashhad on 17 August 2009, added: \u201cWe have repeatedly referred to the authorities and talked about it, and we believe that the solution to the problems of cyberspace is not filtering, and we must make the young people not get infected with cyberspace and that necessary attention and surveillance should be done.\u201d<\/p>\n
Nasser Makarem Shirazi, while admitting this defeat, had previously demanded filtering and preventing the expansion of cyberspace on 26 May 2016, saying, \u201cOf major issues at universities, preventing the expansion of unhealthy cyberspace and social media is very important, as virtual spaces make 90 percent of the world’s cyberspace swampy and morass, and we should think about a plan for that.\u201d<\/p>\n
This government cleric has repeatedly shown frenzied reactions to the increasing number of young people turning to cyberspace.<\/p>\n
The followings are some of his reactions in this regard:<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have to admit that there is a significant risk to ambush us, (26 may 2016).\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOur dear young people… pay attention, pay close attention\u201d that \u201cthe Internet and cyberspace and information tools… are at the disposal of the enemies; these are the tools for the enemy’s cultural dominance, (3 June 2016).\u201d<\/p>\n
“Social networks are now becoming swampy and morass, and the enemy wants to take away the energy of the youths, 29 June 2016).\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI cried yesterday to hear cybercrime reports… and the anti-cultural invasion by the enemy, (Raja News website, 23 August 2016).\u201d<\/p>\n
Cyberspace has become one of the main concerns of the Iranian regime. This concern is such that, according to Brig. General Gholam Hossein Gheibparvar, head of the Basij Organization, \u201cvirtual space is the battlefield\u201d and the system should not approach this issue with \u201cwishful thinking.\u201d<\/p>\n
According to the state-run ISNA news agency on 11 August 2017, the Basij commander expressed concern over the \u201cenemy conquering the regime\u2019s trenches\u201d in the cyberspace and called on the regime\u2019s forces to \u201creturn to the regime\u2019s deserted trenches to confront the enemy.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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