NCRI – Two bloggers have been summoned to court in Tehran for operating a website in support of political prisoners of the regime.
The men had recently had opened a computer services company and were running the website while also distributing CDs with political content, it is alleged.
Intelligence ministry agents raided their home on March 8 to arrest the brothers – but in their absence they seized personal computers, books, CDs and satellite equipment. The agents also confiscated property from the men’s offices and sealed the building.
The tough action against illegal internet use comes after paranoid Iranian rulers issued draconian new directives earlier this month to prevent people accessing banned websites that threaten the regime.
The state’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security gave Internet café owners a list of 20 orders, including making them purchase their bandwidth only from state certified companies, banning VPN software that can bypass state-filtered websites and keeping a record of all customers’ online activities six months.
Failure to comply with the orders meant being arrested by Iran’s cyber police and having their premises closed down, they were warned.
