{"id":2716,"date":"2007-01-05T04:43:42","date_gmt":"2007-01-05T04:43:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/issues\/human-rights\/2716-special-police-force-to-control-cell-phones-in-iran"},"modified":"2023-01-12T17:55:31","modified_gmt":"2023-01-12T16:55:31","slug":"special-police-force-to-control-cell-phones-in-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/human-rights\/special-police-force-to-control-cell-phones-in-iran\/","title":{"rendered":"Special police force to control cell phones in Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"mobile-phone\" class=\" alignright size-full wp-image-30215\" height=\"90\" alt=\"Special police force to control cell phones in Iran\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2007\/01\/mobile-phone.jpg\" width=\"150\" align=\"right\" border=\"0\" \/>AKI, Tehran, January 4 &#8211; A special police corps has been formed officially to check the cell phones in Iran. In the past few days plain-clothes officials have started stopping passers-by in Iran&#8217;s main cities to inspect their mobiles. All text messages and audio or video files which are considered &#8216;illegal&#8217; are erased by agents of this new corps. 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