NCRI – the infamous Tehran’s Chief Prosecutor, Saeed Mortazavi, ordered five websites banned for "poisoning" public opinion, the state-run media reported on Wednesday.
"In next few days, activities, the Internet and Media Unit will expanded its work scope," Mortazavi was quoted by the official news agency IRNA.
The report added that Tehran General Prosecutor, Saeed Mortazavi, ordered the ban because the websites were "poisoning the electoral sphere." However, the report did not name any of the websites.
In the latest crackdown by the State Security Forces (SSF) on internet cafés in Tehran seventeen coffee shops were shutdown and ten people were arrested in the.
During last week, a major plan was in effect to inspect coffee shops providing internet service to their customers in Tehran’s metropolitan area in particular in the city of Karaj some 40 km west of the capital.
In the SSF inspections of hundreds of internet cafés, 115 shops received warring citations and shutdown notices.
It is believed that during the week 17 coffee shops were closed and ten shop owners were arrested by the SSF.
