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    Iran says it can block 'Internet in a suitcase'

    TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's intelligence minister said Friday that his country has found a way to block the so-called "Internet in a suitcase," a program reportedly developed by the U.S. to bring online access to dissidents around the world.

    The minister, Heidar Moslehi, told Muslim worshippers that Iran was aware of the program from the start. "We prepared a solution for it," he said in a speech broadcast live on state radio. He did not elaborate.

    Iran has alleged that the program, first reported by The New York Times last month, is largely aimed at the Islamic Republic.

    Earlier this month, Iran's telecommunications minister, Reza Taqipour, said Iran is taking technical measures to combat the the program. Taqipour was quoted by state media as saying that the program is part of a "cultural invasion" by Iran's enemies aimed at promoting dissent and undermining Iran's ruling system.

    During widespread anti-government protests following disputed June 2009 presidential elections, the government slowed Internet connections to a crawl and shut down cell phone services to stifle dissent.

     

    40 comments

    • mohammed  •  10 mths ago
      thanks islam...the liberals are in bed with the devil
    • Joe  •  10 mths ago
      Muslims love to keep their people in the dark.
      • A Yahoo! User 10 mths ago
        and jews like to cher baby boys' genitals.
      • Reza E 3 mths ago
        jews is assassins
    • Rich  •  10 mths ago
      Islam is the religion of treachery and a fountainhead of violence throughout the world. Like the sickness that it is, it should be rooted out and destroyed. اسلام دين خيانت و سرچشمة خشونت در سراسر جهان است. مثل اين است كه بيماري, بايد ريشه و ويران شد.
      • Ilsor 10 mths ago
        People like you should be booted out of this world
      • peace love 10 mths ago
        Up yours Rich
    • ISLAM SUCKS  •  10 mths ago
      hay iran muzzie pigs,,,just in case you have not noticed
      THE WORLD THINKS YOU SUCK
      • A Yahoo! User 10 mths ago
        Have you sampled the world population before dispensing your dumb conclusion?
    • passop vir die hond!  •  10 mths ago
      anything that can be made can also be broken!
      • FATHERTIME***AKA**DEATH 10 mths ago
        thats so true , thats straight out of the hackers hand book , take note people will find away to get around it !
        lol
    • MRM  •  10 mths ago
      I also highly doubt they can block Jack Fing Sheeit.
    • Chloe  •  10 mths ago
      muslim and communist countries have a lot in common. for one, the truth is illegal
    • Templar  •  10 mths ago
      Down with fascist rulers of Iran.
    • GoldenBoys  •  10 mths ago
      Now there's an accomplishment to be proud of...blocking people from communicating! Iran...now that's a country to live in by God...Iran, controlling your speach...blocking your Internet...telling you what to think...yup, quite a country.
    • CUBBYBOY  •  10 mths ago
      They probably should check the centrifuges again.
    • Get me a beer !  •  10 mths ago
      " undermining Irans ruling system" You think ? Wow this guy is sharp that countrys in good hands ! The truth has a way of changing a persons mind.
    • MRM  •  10 mths ago
      Ha they have some serious balls...."Hey everyone no need to fear...you see the US has been trying to give you free internet for a while now, and we have found a way to block it! I repeat we have found a way to block it. So no worries. Go about your normal afairs and don't worry about the internet." What a lark they are.
    • Charles Foley  •  10 mths ago
      No group or person is more inhumane to Islamists' than Islam.
      • persiagammon 10 mths ago
        First of all DO NOT attack religion, second of all define inhumane?,,,,,,,look at your own people see if they aren't diverted from what code on code your God" Jesus" preached!!!!! God may Bless You.
    • st6  •  10 mths ago
      explain to me why keeping the internet from your people is an advantage. Isnt knowledge power? Wouldnt it be a good thing if the people had power? Arent there ideas in iran?
    • Ēqualizer  •  10 mths ago
      No big surprise here. Iran wants to prevent the Persians from having online access for the same reason many Islamic cultures shun the idea of educating their women.

      They want to keep them dumb-down and submissive. Which is something "masters" typically do to "slaves" to keep them under control.

      Iran knows that knowledge is power and they'd rather keep power out of the hands of the common person. I sincerely hope that, someday, the Persians will be free from their current masters.
    • I I  •  10 mths ago
      Let's wait for Iran to have the bomb before we blow them away. Now that's Obama for you.
    • John  •  10 mths ago
      Religion is for idiots...the worst I have seen though is Islam. What a waste of time that cult is.
    • Freedom  •  10 mths ago
      So what . How about some real stories . ...
    • MOTW  •  10 mths ago
      These people can not perceive the difference between truth and lies. There is no distinction to them. There is no distinction to us either because we know they lie either way.
    • Kaveh  •  10 mths ago
      This is Islam at its best. The apples did not fall too far from the tree. The profit Mohammad also used to kill the Arab poets who used to make fun of Islam during Mohammad's early days. Mohammad had the poets run through with swords to shut them up. Hey, it worked. Islam has bee around for 1400 years now.
      Terror has been working in Iran for 34 years now. The Iranians realized their big mistake only three months after the Khomeini came to power. By that time, it was too late. The Iranian women who protested their forced hejab were violently put down by the Islamic thugs. Islam and thugs have been intertwined for 1400 years. Islam cannot survive without fear. Islamic thugs are there to put the fear into population. Fear can be physical, like what the baseejee do to the young Iranian freedom lovers on the streets, it can also be fear of after life, loss of business,.... Don't you love Islam:-)
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