{"id":9849,"date":"2011-02-11T08:09:15","date_gmt":"2011-02-11T08:09:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/statements\/iran-protests\/9849-fearful-of-protests-regime-targets-the-internet"},"modified":"2023-01-15T01:38:07","modified_gmt":"2023-01-15T00:38:07","slug":"fearful-of-protests-regime-targets-the-internet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-protests\/fearful-of-protests-regime-targets-the-internet\/","title":{"rendered":"Fearful of protests, regime targets the internet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"internet\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-36037\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2010\/10\/internet.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"margin: 5px;float: left\" width=\"200\" height=\"134\" \/>NCRI &#8211; Fearing increased usage of the internet for planning anti-regime protests by Iranian youths, the regime has disrupted internet connections in cities like Shahr-e Kord, where internet service providers have stopped service completely for long hours citing \u201ctechnical difficulties.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It has been reported that according to telecommunication engineers, the disruption did not arise from technical issues but rather deliberate attempts by the regime to choke off growing use of internet and its social forums against the ruling mullahs\u2019 regime.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NCRI &ndash; Fearing increased usage of the internet for planning anti-regime protests by Iranian youths, the regime has disrupted internet connections in cities like Shahr-e Kord, where internet service providers [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[175],"class_list":{"0":"post-9849","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-iran-protests","7":"tag-updated"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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