{"id":259178,"date":"2022-05-19T20:46:33","date_gmt":"2022-05-19T18:46:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=259178"},"modified":"2023-02-04T20:08:42","modified_gmt":"2023-02-04T19:08:42","slug":"intl-communitys-moral-obligation-rises-when-irans-regime-targets-internet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/intl-communitys-moral-obligation-rises-when-irans-regime-targets-internet\/","title":{"rendered":"Int\u2019l Community\u2019s Moral Obligation Rises When Iran\u2019s Regime Targets Internet"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Like the scholastics during the dark ages, Iran\u2019s ruling theocracy opposes any sort of technology and science. Like the priests in the medieval ages, the mullahs in Iran are hostile toward any development as they fear knowledge would end their rule based on superstition.<\/p>\n

While countries across the globe are racing toward having faster internet services, Iran\u2019s ruling theocracy desperately tries to control social media and imposes internet blackouts<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In recent days, more than a dozen Iranian cities witnessed protests due to the skyrocketing prices. Since people are aware of the regime\u2019s role in creating and worsening their economic woes, they soon chanted slogans against officials, such as the mullahs\u2019 Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and his president Ebrahim Raisi.<\/p>\n

These protests erupted soon after Raisi\u2019s government eliminated<\/a> the preferential currency rate, which was used to import essential goods such as flour, wheat, and medicine at a lower price. Raisi made a great deal of fanfare about combatting corruption steamed from the preferential rate, but in fact, his government would earn around $8 billion at people\u2019s expense.<\/p>\n

When people poured onto the streets to demand their rights, the \u201changing judge\u201d and his mentor Khamenei responded violently. Videos from Iran show security forces brutalizing unarmed protesters, and at least six people have been killed so far.<\/p>\n

As demonstrations spread across the nation, the Iranian regime imposed an internet blackout to freely crackdown and stifle any block of the spread of the news about the protests both inside and outside Iran.<\/p>\n

Netblocks, which monitors network connectivity across the globe, registered internet disruption in Iran.<\/p>\n

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\u26a0\ufe0f Confirmed: Real-time network data show a brief collapse in observable international connectivity on internet provider Rightel in #Iran<\/a>, as well as a deterioration on other mobile and fixed-line providers; the slowdown may limit the free flow of information amid protests \ud83d\udcc9 pic.twitter.com\/uuzu2uYduB<\/a><\/p>\n

— NetBlocks (@netblocks) May 11, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n