{"id":428,"date":"2010-11-05T10:31:51","date_gmt":"2010-11-05T15:31:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/herdict\/?p=428"},"modified":"2010-11-05T10:38:04","modified_gmt":"2010-11-05T15:38:04","slug":"former-iranian-presidents-website-blocked-in-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/herdict\/2010\/11\/05\/former-iranian-presidents-website-blocked-in-iran\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Iranian President\u2019s Website Blocked in Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>The Telegraph UK<\/em> reported<\/a> a few weeks ago that Iran\u2019s government has recently blocked Iranian ex-President Mohammad Khatami\u2019s website, khatami.ir<\/a>. Led by current president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the administration banned access to Khatami\u2019s posts, in which he expresses his opposition to Admadinejad. A website<\/a> affiliated with the main opposition group led by Mir Hossein Mousavi confirmed<\/a> that the government committee in charge of monitoring Internet content in Iran was actively blocking Khatami\u2019s site.<\/p>\n

So far, Herdict has not received<\/a> any specific reports on khatami.ir\u2019s inaccessibility in Iran. Herdict data<\/a> shows that the last significant spike in inaccessibility reports were around June 2009, in conjunction with Iran\u2019s last presidential election.<\/p>\n

And the opposition indeed stems from the election of Admadinejad last year, which many disputed as rigged. In June, protesters marked the anniversary<\/a> of his election by taking to the streets in Tehran.<\/p>\n

This is not the first time that an influential official\u2019s website has been blocked. Earlier last month, two clerics\u2019 websites were also banned<\/a> due to their critical political views toward the current government\u2019s crackdowns. The Iranian government is also known to arrest<\/a> controversial bloggers<\/a> who have spoken out about Admadinejad, such as Iran\u2019s \u201cblog-father\u201d Hossein Derakhshan. In a recent blog post, The Economist<\/em> warned<\/a> that that governments in the Middle East will only push for greater control over the web, offering examples of stricter actions:<\/p>\n

\u201cThe authorities are getting better at exploiting the internet themselves. After the big demonstrations in Iran last year, they circulated pictures of protesters online for members of the public to identify. In May this year, Ebrahim Jabari, a Revolutionary Guard commander, confirmed that the regime had set up a \u201ccyber-army\u201d to crack down on \u201cdestructive\u201d online networks.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Reporters claim that Iranian Internet users continue to use proxies to access banned sites such as Facebook.<\/p>\n

For more information, visit Herdict\u2019s Iran page<\/a> and OpenNet Initiative\u2019s breakdown<\/a> on the Internet in Iran.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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