Iran ’s Ministry of Communication recently denote that it will give more mobile supplier licenses for gamey - speed net services . But the Grand Ayatollah Naser Makarem Shirazi say authorities should first enclose measure that would forestall access to the “ un - Islamic ” and “ negative feature article ” of the engineering .
According to the news web log , Persian Letters , Shirazi post the statement on his personal web site in reception to concerns voiced by a cautious activist radical that Iran does not have the necessary structure to prevent the “ damage ” that could lead from such service , including “ access to immoral movie and photos , ” “ the weakening of family structures , ” and “ spotting and the sale of the country ’s confidential information . ”
Shirazi wrote that authorities should confer with the Supreme Council of Cyberspace ( SCC ) , which give voice and oversees Iran ’s Internet policy including its problematic online security review . Shirazi also added that he is not against the engineering in principle , but that Western technologies should be regard as squashy unclean weewee . “ Water is the source of spirit yet when it is dirty it must be refined . ”
As Persian Lettersnotes , the incident highlights the pressure President Hassan Rohani faces from surd - liner in implementing his promises to subside on-line censorship and give Iranians great access to information :
Rohani is the chair of the SCC , the Internet body that Makarem Shirazi advise the political science to consult . But the Iranian president is not the sole conclusion - maker in the SCC , which is dominated by conservative and hard - line members including the head of Iran ’s judiciary , the commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corp , and the head of state broadcasting .
The oversight torso was established in 2012 follow a edict by Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei , who said Iranians should be protected from the “ damage ” make by the spread of information and communication engineering .
in the beginning this class , Rohani said that the Internet should not be seen as something that should be feared .
“ We ought to see [ the Internet ] as an opportunity . We must acknowledge our citizen ’ right to tie to the World Wide Web , ” Rohani was quoted as say by the official IRNA news agency on May 20 .
It ’s not the first time Makarem Shirazi has weighed in on this issue . Last year he spoke against video calls , enunciate they had more downside than benefit . His late opinion has trigger criticism online :
“ The net is as necessary as water and solid food , ” wrote another user , while someone else maintained that the cyberspace should be ensure as a tool for progression .
“ In our feebleminded country we see only the negative side . agree to this [ argumentation ] grape should be considered haram because they can be used to produce vino ! ! ! ” the user pronounce .
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