Tehran, YJC. Justice minister has said that his respective headquarters will apply Islamic rules in monitoring Iran’s internet content
Iran’s Minister of Justice Mostafa Pourmohammadi who was
speaking on Wednesday, said that he will consider the Islamic Sharia in setting
regulations to check the content of internet allowed to users inside the
country.
His statements come a few days after Iran’s second senior
member of the Judiciary Branch in a letter warned the Ministry of Communication
and IT to block social applications such as Whatsapp, Tango, and Viber, giving
the governmental organization a one-month deadline to do so.
Judiciary First Deputy Qolamhossein Mohseni Ejei had in the
statement asserted "In keeping with the command of the Head of the
Judiciary ayatollah Amoli, appropriate measures must be taken within one month
to lay the technical ground for effectively blocking and controlling the
information on social networks with criminal content.”
Else, the Judiciary will do its intrinsic duty in blocking
the aforementioned networks and will take legal action against those who have
violated the commands of the judiciary, whatever rank they may be, he had
added.
"We will use all the tools and techniques to contribute to
the country’s progress,” Pourmohammadi stated when asked what has been done for
internet censorship_ much favored by the country’s more conservative leaders_
adding "We have to take care that we use every tool and do not allow values to
be wiped away.”
Cyberspace is so vast. Regarding censorship, we will observe
what Sharia rules have maintained and will consider beliefs, ideals, national
solidarity, and the tenets of the system, the justice minister added.