Iran To Permanently Cut Off Internet by August

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In favor of a national intranet, Iran is expected to cut off the internet completely by August. $5 says those "in power" will still have access to porn...errr, the internet.

In a statement released last week, Reza Taghipour, the Iranian minister for Information and Communications Technology, announced it plans to establish a national intranet within five months in an effort to create a "clean Internet," according to an International Business Times report. "All Internet Service Providers (ISP) should only present National Internet by August," Taghipour said in the statement.
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China's probably laughing at them. Much easier to build the Great Firewall than to cut off the internet.
 
I think this is fine. Anything that keeps these savages in the dark ages is fine with me especially when they do it voluntarily. Now they'll be able to spend more time stoning women and beheading Christians.
 
MacLeod said:
I think this is fine. Anything that keeps these savages in the dark ages is fine with me especially when they do it voluntarily. Now they'll be able to spend more time stoning women and beheading Christians.
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Mullahs and government madmen != your average Iranian citizens.
 
from a poster on the site:

"I live in Iran and a I know this started as an April's fools day (as we call it 13th day lie) prank and it got viral. There are some plans for a national network but not to substitute the internet. I think C|net has some problems choosing sources.Posted by Napster70 (1 comment ) April 10, 2012 3:50 AM (PDT)Like (3)LinkFlag"

guess we will see if this is a joke or not in aug.
 
MacLeod said:
I think this is fine. Anything that keeps these savages in the dark ages is fine with me especially when they do it voluntarily. Now they'll be able to spend more time stoning women and beheading Christians.
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Typical American
 
MacLeod said:
I think this is fine. Anything that keeps these savages in the dark ages is fine with me especially when they do it voluntarily. Now they'll be able to spend more time stoning women and beheading Christians.
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How christian of you :rolleyes:
 
I guess in August I can disable my country blocker for Iran for pfSense.

What are some of the other countries that have this already in effect? N. Korea? This behavior only hurts the general populous, not the few elite who have their party-supplied full connection. So I see this as a "that's too bad" for Iran.
 
Is not this better for everyone? They eliminate 99.9% of the possible IP's to hack, basically telling us that those who are left are the ones with the info needed... Just sayin.
 
It's not about keeping things clean, it's about control. Education is the enemy of ignorance. One of the few ways to maintain a theocracy is by controlling the authoritative sources of information.
 
" in an effort to create a "clean Internet,"" A.K.A. an internet we can police for disention and be clean of any thoughts other than 'the party line'
 
So a pair of bolt cutters and soldiers walking around the country's borders to cut any internet line they see?
 
Will this be before or after USA starts war with them? They got 2 aircraft carriers within striking distance now....
 
A sad day for purveyors of goat porn..

Sorry, I apologize in advance....I couldn't resist.
 
Azhar said:
Mullahs and government madmen != your average Iranian citizens.
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Wasnt talking about the average Iranian citizen. I was talking about the mullahs and those in power. Citizens arent stoning women for walking around without a husband or killing people who convert to islam or threatening to wipe Israel off the map or denying the holocaust ever hapened, the government is.
 
MacLeod said:
Wasnt talking about the average Iranian citizen. I was talking about the mullahs and those in power. Citizens arent stoning women for walking around without a husband or killing people who convert to islam or threatening to wipe Israel off the map or denying the holocaust ever hapened, the government is.
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I agree, very sad and unfortunate. :(
 
Going to be great when Americans elect another "conservative" because God knows relations with the Middle East will only get worse and more people will die.
 
Starcrossed said:
Going to be great when Americans elect another "conservative" because God knows relations with the Middle East will only get worse and more people will die.
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Right because God knows savage dictators prefer squishy liberals who will bow to them no matter how many times they threaten to wipe Israel off the map. Damned warmongering Americans. If only they were peaceful like guys that are sworn to God to kill Jews.
 
MacLeod said:
Right because God knows savage dictators prefer squishy liberals who will bow to them no matter how many times they threaten to wipe Israel off the map. Damned warmongering Americans. If only they were peaceful like guys that are sworn to God to kill Jews.
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The situation for Jews in Iran isn't ideal, but they have the largest Jewish population in the Middle East outside of Israel. Their conflict isn't really with Jewish people, but Zionism and the validity of the current state of Israel. (I don't care to get into who is right or wrong in that conflict, not soap box)

Regardless of the idiocy we see from the government of Iran, not even a squishy liberal would let an attack on Israell slide.

The real question is; how long will the people of Iran allow their current government run roughshod over rights that allow personal freedoms?
 
LeninGHOLA said:
The situation for Jews in Iran isn't ideal, but they have the largest Jewish population in the Middle East outside of Israel. Their conflict isn't really with Jewish people, but Zionism and the validity of the current state of Israel. (I don't care to get into who is right or wrong in that conflict, not soap box)

Regardless of the idiocy we see from the government of Iran, not even a squishy liberal would let an attack on Israell slide.

The real question is; how long will the people of Iran allow their current government run roughshod over rights that allow personal freedoms?
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Too many Iranians are involved in the oppression themselves, at this point. Religion has many of their hands tied, and the contradictions involved with the Muslim faith turning into a more "Protestant" form of the faith have not yet been accepted wholly by the status quo. They are a confused people and that confusion breeds passivity.
 
I guess I should say a "collective passivity." Certain elements of the Muslim mass are, of course, fighting for a conservative Islamic faith and trying to maintain tradition. Unfortunately, as it has been throughout all of time, this pits them against the close-minded masses of other faiths.
 
It wasn't long ago that Iran was the most Western or modern of all the Middle Eastern countries. In the 1960s and 1970s you could have easily mistaken Tehran for a French city. They've essentially replaced one dictator with another under the guise of revolution :p

I don't see this idea of bringing down the 'net as viable. Not if they want to spark more riots and protests.
 
MacLeod said:
Wasnt talking about the average Iranian citizen. I was talking about the mullahs and those in power. Citizens arent stoning women for walking around without a husband or killing people who convert to islam or threatening to wipe Israel off the map or denying the holocaust ever hapened, the government is.
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Of course, it's the citizens - the generally moderate Iranian citizens - who will be cut off from the Internet, not the mullahs and those in power. This is a desperate attempt by the Iranian regime to suppress dissent inside the country...because they're smart enough to realize that like trade, an open Internet is a cultural bridge that reduces tensions.

Like the crazies in charge of OUR foreign policy, the crazies in charge of THEIR foreign policy have a vested interest in hostility. They're two sides of the same coin...although actually, the Iranian leadership just wants enough hostility to maintain the status quo, whereas US leadership wants an excuse for war to protect the petrodollar standard by force, among other ulterior motives (foolish and counterproductive in the long run). If you actually think the current state of US-Iranian relations is about terrorism, or about Iran being a real threat, you're in WAY over your head.

Also, you're mistaken about what Ahmadinejad said when he said he'd "wipe Israel off the map." He was not talking about nuclear holocaust and glass parking lots, like neocon propaganda would have you think: He was referring to retaking Israel for Muslims and returning the geopolitical map back to its pre-WWII days. It was a ridiculous comment where he was drumming up support from his unthinking choir...you know, like Newt Gingrich's "kill them" line or GWB's axis of evil. Ahmadinejad is an asshole tyrant for sure (along with his backers), and his rhetoric is belligerent, but he's quite frankly not even HALF as unstable or dangerous as some of our politicians (e.g. Rick Santorum). It's also worth noting that he is disliked in his own country, because his rhetoric gives the US-Israeli military-industrial complex an excuse for ramping up tensions.

If you want real regime change there, the only way to do it without inciting hatred is to capitalize on the Iranian population's moderation and thirst for western culture by promoting trade and the free flow of information...you know, the exact things that both of our governments are trying to prevent in the name of "taking a strong stance against terrorist regimes" (US) and a "clean culture" (Iran).

Keep in mind that Iranian citizens are not just moderate in their attitudes, but they are more moderate in some ways than you are: If the Iranians overthrew our elected government in 1953 and installed an authoritarian regime, and we didn't overthrow it and restore our own rule until 1979, how would you think of Iran? Yeah. For the way the US has treated Iran, the Iranians are remarkably forgiving.

The people pulling the strings behind US policy want to force a more pro-US regime in Iran, but the specifically want the population to hate us too...because how else can we keep the perpetual war MIC gravy train going unless we keep radicalizing Muslims? Don't make the mistake of thinking radical Islam has always been popular over there, because the region was not radical even just a few decades ago. It was the CIA's Operation Cyclone, among other covert ops, that deliberately radicalized the region, so they would fight the Atheist Soviets on religious grounds.
 
pelo said:
It wasn't long ago that Iran was the most Western or modern of all the Middle Eastern countries. In the 1960s and 1970s you could have easily mistaken Tehran for a French city. They've essentially replaced one dictator with another under the guise of revolution :p

I don't see this idea of bringing down the 'net as viable. Not if they want to spark more riots and protests.
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Freedom once had and taken away is much more powerful than a freedom only dreamed.
 
Ironic, that a company now called "BP" was behind the installation of a US/UK-backed Iranian dictatorship and the overthrowing of a previous Iranian democracy. Now, Americans fuel their cars with BP gasoline, and bitch about how much it costs. Would be an even greater irony if the US invaded Iran because of their authoritarian rule and danger to the "Western Way of Life."
 
In 1953, the CIA and British intelligence orchestrated a coup d’etat that toppled the democratically elected government of Iran. The government of Mohammad Mossadegh. The aftershocks of the coup are still being felt.

In 1951 Prime Minister Mossadegh roused Britain’s ire when he nationalized the oil industry. Mossadegh argued that Iran should begin profiting from its vast oil reserves which had been exclusively controlled by the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company. The company later became known as British Petroleum (BP).

After considering military action, Britain opted for a coup d’état. President Harry Truman rejected the idea, but when Dwight Eisenhower took over the White House, he ordered the CIA to embark on one of its first covert operations against a foreign government.
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