Iranian Government Shutting Down CyberCafes

dertx writes: "Just found a wire article about a recent crackdown on 400 CyberCafes in Tehran by the Iranian government. Apparently now anything enabling internet access in Iran must be 'registered' with an obviously state-run trade union. I guess this is cheaper to implement than China's site filtering system."

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How long before it happens here?

[the real jeezus]

It's the old liberal vs. conservative battle played out in a different venue. The conservative Muslims in Iran are very tenacious. After their GOP-financed overthrow of Pavlivi, they took away many freedoms from Iranians. In my life I have met many Iranians whose parents fleed the Ayatollah's brand of totalitarian Islam. Khatami was supposed to prevent that from happening again. One plus for Khatami: one of the cybercafe employees quoted is actually female! That would have never been allowed under the Ayatollah. Now that Khatami is losing power against the conservatives, expect a new wave of Iranian immigrants.

To all Americans: remember that incidents such as this crackdown always begin with some self-styled "Conservative" claiming that a thing or idea is dangerous to the moral value of the Nation.

Ewige Blumenkraft!