US ISP Terminates Iranian News Website

Posted by Hemos on Tuesday January 25, 2005 @02:51AM from the what's-the-real-story dept.

grcumb writes "BBC News Online is reporting that the 'semi-official' Iranian Student News Agency has had its contract arbitrarily terminated by the US hosting service The Planet. Quoted in the Central Asian & Southern Caucasian Freedom of Expression Network, an ISNA spokesman said, "Eliminating the site of ISNA, a media outlet widely accessed around the world, is against informatics laws and runs counter to the rhetoric about the free flow of information and the principle of freedom to access information and news,". The BBC Reports that Iranian government officials were quick to accuse the US administration of pressuring The Planet to terminate the contract. So what should we make of this? Government conspiracy, corporate arrogance, or the proper sanctioning of the mouthpiece of an oppressive regime? " As the submittor says, details are virtually unknown about this - my research shows some calling the ISNA a 'bastion of freedom' to other saying it's run by flunkies of the old men of Iran; definitely not cut and dried one way or another.

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Re:On the side of The Planet by radish · 2005-01-25 03:36 · Score: 0, Offtopic

If you want your opinion to be taken seriously you may want to lose the fricking ponzi-pyramid-scheme free crap scam in your sig.

Just a thought.

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