Iran cracks down on websites
THE GLORIOUS ISLAMIC Republic of Iran has issued a fatwa on several websites and the blogs of women's rights advocates and journalists critical of the government.
According to the the reformist Etemad Melli newspaper a government committee identified illegal websites to ISPs who by law must block them.
On the hit list were all those who do not adopt the ideas of hard-line Muslim attitudes to women and people who might tell jokes about the Government.
ISPs have been told they have to block access to hundreds of political, human rights and women's sites and weblogs if they are considered anti-islamic. Most of them block sites as easily as coughing.
Among the sites to be closed is Shir Zanan which covers women's sporting events. We don't know why. The government seems worried about sports people showing too much face.
The "One Million Signatures" site, which wants to change the Islamic republic's laws to give more rights to women, has also been blocked.
Iran has one of the largest numbers of boggers in the world. So getting them all is going to be a bit of a trial. ยต
L'Inq
AP
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boggers?
Dear Mr. President,

Welcome back home from the Middle East where you tried in vain to make a peace settlement and to organize countries against terrorism.

There is no doubt that your intention for peace is genuine and with earnest and your determination for fighting terrorism is admirable. However, it is the incompetence of your appointees who make all those efforts fruitless. 
While you were away from home, there was a demonstration or better to say a mass whistle blowing in front of the building of Voice of America just a few blocks from the White House.
The demonstration or whistle blowing was held in protest to a cockamamie programming by the Persian Service of Voice of America.
The bizarre situation at the Persian Service is so obvious that even the Republican Senator from Oklahoma wrote you, and to the State Department, requesting your urgent attention. Not only that, The Washington Post has published numerous articles in that regard.

It is note worthy that the Persian Service is the only foreign broadcasting that is not filtered by the Islamic Republic of Iran because of childish contents, and programming.
Why million of dollars are spent in this way?
Because the service is managed by a woman who has received the promotion not because of her intelligence, education, journalism background or merit but the use of unethical means which I ashamed to mention. Sheila Gandji, the manager, is not even able to read or write Persian language and doesn't know the history or the culture of Iran. In addition she has hired a man as her assistant who has a widely known filthy background in embezzlement, charlatanism and thieveries. He, Kambiz Mahmoudi, while in the pay roll of the CIA stole money from that agency and was fired from his job in Radio Nejat which was broadcasting from Cairo Egypt back in mid 80's. Prior to that he received a substantial amount of money from the government of Iran and did not report it to the IRS.
These are facts known to everybody in Iranian communities abroad and inside of Iran. And because of these reasons, the Persian Service is immune of filtering in Iran because it actually helps the Mullahs to show how the U.S. Administration is reckless when it comes to communicate to a country with old history and the people with proud culture with unbelievable laughable programs and with such disreputable and infamous characters.

It is true that your administration will end in just few months. But I would like to bring these facts to your attention that the reasons behind your low popularity rate and why your tireless efforts to form a united alliance in combating terrorism are failing.
If your administration is unable or reluctant to clean up an organization which supposedly is responsible for conveying the ideals of this great nation, then you should not expect respect and cooperation from the others.



So you guys just got yourselves blocked with this article?

Not that it changes anything... (joking)

raskolnikov