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As detailed budgets for the new fiscal year are unveiled, it’s evident that the administration of Ebrahim Raisi has allocated over six trillion tomans towards the expansion of the so-called national internet infrastructure. Specifically, the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology has seen a 25% increase in its budget compared to the previous year, now totaling over 19,583 billion tomans<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Iranian regime has long been striving, under the guise of security reasons, to launch a national network to separate the domestic internet (Intranet<\/a>) from the World Wide Web to control protests, suppress dissent, or censor events of suppression. This initiative dubbed the “key to disconnecting from the global internet,” was expected to be finalized by the end of 1402 on the Iranian calendar (March 2024).<\/p>\n #Iran<\/a> News in Brief — NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) November 8, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n
MP Javad Nikbin admits that the clerical regime not only imposes political restrictions through #internet<\/a> censorship but also benefits economically from it.
He stated in a TV interview, \u201cI believe and say it explicitly that the authors of internet censorship\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/oSGV4ensuh<\/a><\/p>\n