Iran: wants its own web

Iranian government plans to cut the web in an internal network and replace it to "Strengthen the protection of the laws of Islam"


Iran is about to reach a new level of censorship: disconnecting the internet in creating alternative Iranian Internet network in place, reports the Wall Street Journal. According to the newspaper, Iran's leadership sees this solution way to end the struggle for control of Internet access in the country and strengthen the protection of the laws of Islam. This step is to join countries Myanmar, Cuba and North Korea - have taken or are taking various measures to restrict the Internet within their borders and create alternative local networks. Iranians are in the project for several months. Our hope is to soon have 60% homes and businesses in the new internal network and deploy it all over Iran within two years. By Ali Ahmuhmady, the country's finance minister, the Iranian network would be "kosher" by the laws of Islam, Muslims and save target their standards. The first step is to run parallel to the Internet, but then replace it in Iran and perhaps other Muslim countries.

"The West wants to take on Iran over the Internet" 
 
Iran sees the Internet threat and danger to the existence, especially in light of the revolutions in the Arab world in recent months - fed quite a bit from the Internet. Iranians see the Internet as a leakage of ideas, culture and Western influence, especially American. Extensive network of expression in Iran after election riots past, and use the tools of government opponents just like Twitter's concern increased power from the network. "The regime does not fear more physically attack the West. He thinks that the West wants Iran to take over the Internet," said Wall Street Journal Mahmud Agnetha, the Department of Iranian Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. It is unclear how Iran can afford to cut off the flow of the Internet's vast information, particularly as developed in digital culture, connect to the network at the beginning of the 90s (which was the first Muslim country to do so). More than 10% of Iranians are in the network - a small number in general, but relatively high Arab countries. In addition, this measure could hurt business in the country and cut off communications with trading partners worldwide. Another report suggests that Iran's Ministry of Communications also works on its own operating system for computers, so that it will replace the operating system "Windows" from Microsoft U.S..