(Kian Sharifi – RFE/RL) A senior Iranian official has revealed that Tehran has imported advanced Chinese technology in a bid to permanently cut off access to the global Internet. The revelation came amid an unprecedented Internet blackout in Iran, where the authorities imposed a shutdown after the start of the war with the United States and Israel on February 28. Mohammad Sarafraz, a member of Iran’s Supreme Council of Cyberspace and former head of state broadcaster IRIB, told the online newspaper Faraz on May 23 that the Chinese hardware was already in the country. The purpose of the technology, he said, was to lay the groundwork for the permanent throttling of the Internet while only allowing tightly monitored access for select users in the country of some 90 million people. – Iran Is Aiming To Use Chinese Technology To Permanently Throttle Internet Access
Iran Is Aiming To Use Chinese Technology To Permanently Throttle Internet Access
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