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Iran is furthering its efforts to block international news websites from delivering their reports to the country, the Iranian daily Etemad Melli reported. Local authorities have recently decided not to allow Iranians access to the Persian websites of Radio France Internationale (RFI) and Germany's Deutsche Welle radio.This move comes only two weeks after the Persian service of Britain's BBC was declared illegal and "a threat to national security" by Iran's Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance (MCIG).MCIG minister Muhammad Hussein Saffar Harandi explained on January 22 that his office, as well as the Ministry of Information, felt that the BBC Persian channel would "disturb national security since its producers have placed inflicting damage on the Islamic establishment on their agenda."Iranian authorities have also put restrictions on Voice of America (VOA) and the US-funded Radio Farda.More than five million websites were being monitored and filtered by Iran for causing "social, political and moral damage," an official in the Iranian judiciary said last year, according to Arabian Business. These included human rights and news websites, as well as opinionated blogs and content-sharing sites such as Facebook and YouTube.Meanwhile, the British Council (BC) closed its office in Iran on Saturday after its staff suffered "intimidation and harassment" by the Iranian government.The BC aims at building engagement and trust for the United Kingdom through the exchange of knowledge and ideas.It decided to temporarily close its cultural and educational center in Teheran after its entire local staff of 16 was ordered by security officials to resign, the British media reported. "Our hope is that we will be able to secure the agreement of the Iranian authorities to allow us to resume as soon as possible education and cultural programs between Iran and the United Kingdom for the benefit of the peoples of both countries," a BC statement read.http://www.themedialine.org/
By THE MEDIA LINE NEW AGENCY
PS:There is absolutely no doubt in my mind that iranians are oppressed under a totalitarian Islamic"religious" regime that is furthering their agenda into ISOLATING the citizens of Iran more and more from the outside world.
Well that is what totalitarian regimes do,isn't it...?Look at North Korea for example...
Iran is trying to crush the will of the people by PREVENTING THE TRUTH to come thru media different outlets and also by exerting HARSH PUNISHMENT into "elements that can potentially destabilize the country"a.k.a.,informed citizens with--still a free will-- to choose....FREEDOM,that is....
Mullahs think that by enslaving iranians with lies and violence,will create the Islamic Utopia they want.That Utopia doesn't exist.Iranians don't like you....and that includes Ahmadinejad and his gang.
I truly feel for iranians.Let's keep Iran in our prayers....
As in the days of Noah...
