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"The son of Iran’s president has called for the internet restrictions in the
country to be lifted, saying nothing will be solved by trying to postpone the
moment when pictures and video circulate of the protests that were violently
crushed by the regime.
With a battle under way at the top of the regime about the political risks of
continuing to block Iran from the internet, Yousef Pezeshkian, whose father,
Masoud, was elected in the summer of 2024, said keeping the digital shutdown
would create dissatisfaction and widen the gap between the people and the
government.
“This means those who were not and are not dissatisfied will be added to the
list of the dissatisfied,” he wrote in a Telegram post. The release of videos
showing the violence of the protests was “something we will have to face sooner
or later”, Yousef Pezeshkian added. “Shutting down the internet will not solve
anything, we will just postpone the issue.”
The sporadic lifting of restrictions is leading to a slow and painful inquest
into how many protesters, including children, have died. Authorities launched a
violent crackdown under cover of the internet blackout, with rights groups
documenting several thousand dead. The Norway-based NGO Iran Human Rights says
the final figure could be as high as 25,000. Thousands more people are still
being detained."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
