{"id":334835,"date":"2025-07-28T17:33:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T16:33:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=334835"},"modified":"2025-07-28T20:36:53","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T19:36:53","slug":"irans-regime-passes-repressive-untrue-content-law-as-internet-freedom-reaches-new-lows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/society\/irans-regime-passes-repressive-untrue-content-law-as-internet-freedom-reaches-new-lows\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran\u2019s Regime Passes Repressive \u201cUntrue Content\u201d Law as Internet Freedom Reaches New Lows"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_334836\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-334836\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-334836 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/The-Regimes-parliament-passed-a-bill-on-July-27-titled-Combating-the-Spread-of-Untrue-News-Content.jpg\" alt=\"The Regime\u2019s parliament passed a bill on July 27 titled Combating the Spread of Untrue News Content\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/The-Regimes-parliament-passed-a-bill-on-July-27-titled-Combating-the-Spread-of-Untrue-News-Content.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/The-Regimes-parliament-passed-a-bill-on-July-27-titled-Combating-the-Spread-of-Untrue-News-Content-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/The-Regimes-parliament-passed-a-bill-on-July-27-titled-Combating-the-Spread-of-Untrue-News-Content-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/The-Regimes-parliament-passed-a-bill-on-July-27-titled-Combating-the-Spread-of-Untrue-News-Content-746x420.jpg 746w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/The-Regimes-parliament-passed-a-bill-on-July-27-titled-Combating-the-Spread-of-Untrue-News-Content-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/The-Regimes-parliament-passed-a-bill-on-July-27-titled-Combating-the-Spread-of-Untrue-News-Content-696x392.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-334836\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Regime\u2019s parliament passed a bill on July 27, 2025, titled Combating the Spread of Untrue News Content<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><em>Four-minute read<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a major escalation of suppressing the people&#8217;s access to internet, the Iranian regime\u2019s parliament passed a widely condemned bill on July 27, 2025, titled <em>&#8220;Combating the Spread of Untrue News Content.&#8221;<\/em> Framed as a legal effort to address misinformation on social media,<a href=\"https:\/\/borna.news\/fa\/news\/2241649\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> the law has been denounced<\/a> as a veiled attempt to deepen censorship, criminalize dissent, and consolidate the state\u2019s monopoly over information.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The legislation\u2019s passage comes in the aftermath of the recent 12-day conflict and amid growing domestic unrest over economic, political, and social grievances. The law as part of the regime\u2019s broader effort to suppress any expression of discontent, especially in the digital sphere where Iranians increasingly turn to share truth, organize protests, and resist authoritarian control.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Despite the regime\u2019s claims that the bill aligns with constitutional protections for free speech, the reality is starkly different. Iran\u2019s regime has never respected freedom of expression under its theocratic rule, and this law marks yet another dangerous milestone in its decades-long campaign to silence opposition.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a>&#39;s Regime Cripples Economy with Internet Shutdown, Now Peddles Failed &#39;National Network&#39; as Cure<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/G3we92RgBO\">https:\/\/t.co\/G3we92RgBO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1948027855515844928?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 23, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">An Assault on Expression, even by the Regime\u2019s Standards<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The law has sparked unusual criticism from within the regime\u2019s own inner circle. A group of parliamentarians wrote to regime president Masoud Pezeshkian, warning that the legislation risks widening the rift between the regime and Iranian society. However, their objections appear driven less by a principled defense of civil liberties than by a growing fear of public backlash, as the regime\u2019s grip on society continues to weaken.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Prominent regime-affiliated commentators have joined in the outcry. Abbas Abdi, writing in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.etemadnewspaper.ir\/fa\/main\/detail\/235942\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Etemad<\/em> newspaper, warned<\/a> that the law would \u201cmonopolize the truth\u201d and lead to a dangerous spread of propaganda.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Regime-affiliated legal expert Mohsen Borhani, in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sharghdaily.com\/%D8%A8%D8%AE%D8%B4-%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B4%D8%AA-65\/1034502-%D9%84%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%AD%D9%87-%D8%A2%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%AF%DB%8C-%D8%A8%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%B2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Shargh<\/em> newspaper, described<\/a> the law\u2019s most dangerous feature as replacing the term \u201cspreading lies\u201d with \u201cuntrue content\u201d\u2014a phrase that criminalizes even partial truths or factual omissions. He cautioned that such a shift allows for arbitrary enforcement and turns virtually anyone into a potential offender. Borhani also condemned the law\u2019s introduction of severe new penalties: prison terms could now range from six months up to 15 years. Under Article 14, some cases could even be prosecuted under the charge of \u201ccorruption on earth,\u201d which carries the death penalty.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cDigital Caste System\u201d: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> Codifies Internet Access by Loyalty<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8uivTthV4y\">https:\/\/t.co\/8uivTthV4y<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1947032616734966239?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 20, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">A Chilling Effect on Civil Society<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Even <em>Nournews<\/em>, affiliated with the regime\u2019s Supreme National Security Council, <a href=\"https:\/\/nournews.ir\/fa\/news\/234962\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">questioned whether the bill<\/a> reflects genuine transparency or is a product of \u201cpressure from supranational institutions and security concerns.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Regime MP Farid Mousavi warned that in a society plagued by economic hardship, a crisis of trust, and widespread demands for transparency, prioritizing the criminalization of vague online content is \u201cmisguided and dangerous.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Nonetheless, the regime pushed ahead. Legislative Deputy of the President\u2019s Parliamentary Deputy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.entekhab.ir\/fa\/news\/877158\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kazem Delkhosh defended<\/a> the urgency of the bill, citing Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei\u2019s long-standing demand to tighten control over cyberspace.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a choreographed vote, the bill passed with 205 votes in favor, 49 against, and 3 abstentions, out of 257 members present.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a>\u2019s Digital Apartheid: Regime Loyalists Flood the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Internet?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Internet<\/a> While the Rest of the Nation Goes Dark<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qFQw7Bi9wc\">https:\/\/t.co\/qFQw7Bi9wc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1936155959702761525?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 20, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">A Repressive Digital Landscape: The \u201cFreedom on the Net 2024\u201d Report<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This new law aligns with an already grim digital reality in Iran, as documented by the <a href=\"https:\/\/freedomhouse.org\/country\/iran\/freedom-net\/2024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Freedom on the Net 2024<\/em><\/a> report from Freedom House. The report categorizes Iran as \u201cNot Free\u201d with a dismal score of 12 out of 100, and highlights a series of developments that demonstrate the regime\u2019s tightening grip over the internet and digital life between June 2023 and May 2024:<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Censorship &amp; Isolation<\/h4>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Expansion of the National Information Network (NIN) to isolate Iranians from the global internet<\/li>\n<li>Internet service prices raised by 30\u201340%, with international bandwidth deliberately throttled<\/li>\n<li>Ban on unlicensed VPNs in February 2024, pushing users toward regime-monitored alternatives<\/li>\n<li>Continued blocking of major platforms including WhatsApp, Instagram, Signal, Facebook, X, TikTok, and YouTube<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Surveillance &amp; Control<\/h4>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Use of SIAM software to throttle mobile users based on online behavior<\/li>\n<li>Mandatory SIM registration, geolocation tracking, and real-name identity verification<\/li>\n<li>Expansion of AI and facial recognition tools to enforce hijab laws on digital platforms<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Repression &amp; Arrests<\/h4>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Dozens of journalists, bloggers, and musicians arrested or tortured for online expression<\/li>\n<li>Death sentences issued under vague charges like \u201cspreading corruption on earth\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Enforcement of the Hijab and Chastity Bill (2023) both online and offline, with penalties ranging from imprisonment to financial blacklisting<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">How Iran\u2019s regime tries to maintain its hold on power through internet censorship <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/R33bMY7Lm2\">https:\/\/t.co\/R33bMY7Lm2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1884356495908954210?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 28, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Shutdowns &amp; Blackouts<\/h4>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Nationwide internet shutdowns used as tools of repression, especially in protest-prone regions<\/li>\n<li>On November 20, 2023, 28 provinces experienced internet blackouts<\/li>\n<li>Regular disruptions timed with weekly protests, especially in cities like Zahedan<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Propaganda &amp; Disinformation<\/h4>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Large-scale troll farms and disinformation campaigns managed by regime operatives<\/li>\n<li>Use of domestic apps to replace global platforms and harvest user data<\/li>\n<li>Systematic editing and manipulation of online content to erase references to regime crimes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Societal Impact<\/h4>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Widespread self-censorship among users<\/li>\n<li>Women using the internet to defy compulsory hijab laws face severe retaliation<\/li>\n<li>Religious minorities, and dissidents face targeted surveillance and entrapment<\/li>\n<li>Online businesses reported over 50% income losses during mass protests and shutdowns<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Cyber Conflict<\/h4>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>State-linked hackers targeted dissidents using spyware and phishing tools<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Escalating Digital Repression Under the Guise of \u201cTruth\u201d<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">With the passage of the \u201cUntrue Content\u201d bill, Iran\u2019s theocratic regime has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-protests\/iran-teeters-toward-full-internet-blackout-amid-rising-tensions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">further weaponized the law<\/a> to criminalize independent thought, digital activism, and journalistic integrity. While officials claim to uphold constitutional freedoms, the reality on the ground\u2014documented both by domestic voices and international watchdogs\u2014is one of relentless censorship, sweeping surveillance, and deepening fear.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Iranian people continue to resist, both on the streets and across digital platforms, but the cost of that resistance has never been higher. This bill\u2014and the broader digital crackdown it represents\u2014must be condemned as part of the regime\u2019s escalating attempt to silence dissent and control the narrative, driven by a deepening fear of its own collapse.\u00a0It\u2019s more than just heightened censorship\u2014it\u2019s the sign of a regime desperately clinging to power.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Four-minute read In a major escalation of suppressing the people&rsquo;s access to internet, the Iranian regime&rsquo;s parliament passed a widely condemned bill on July 27, 2025, titled &ldquo;Combating the Spread 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