Ctrl+Alt+Delete: Iran's Response to the Internet
This report documents Iran's response to the rise of the Internet as a form of mass media. This response includes the use of existing laws to regulate expressive activity, new internet-related laws, and the creation of multiple regulatory bodies. The regime is also censoring and filtering websites using electronic methods of control. Finally, the regime regularly arrests, detains and tortures journalists and bloggers for their expression on the Internet.
Table of Contents
1. The Challenge Presented by the Internet in Iran
1.1. Proliferation of Internet Access
1.2.1. History of Expression in Iran Before the Internet
1.2.2. Migration of Expression to the Internet
2. Iran’s Regulation of Internet Expression
2.1. Laws Regulating Expression
2.1.1. The Press Law
2.1.2. The Islamic Penal Code
2.1.3. Other Laws
2.2.1. The Cyber Crime Penal Code
2.2.2. The Urgent Bill Regarding Punishment for Crimes Disturbing the Public Mind
3. Technical Methods Used to Control and Alter the Web in Iran
3.1. During the Reformist Era (1997-2005)
3.2. Post-Reformist Era
3.3. Legal Analysis of Iran’s Technical Methods
4. Arrest, Detention and Torture of Cyber-Journalists and Bloggers
4.1. Arrests in Tehran During the Reformist Era
4.2. Arrests Outside Tehran During the Reformist Era
4.4. Legal Analysis of Arrests, Detention and Torture of Internet Users
5. Conclusion
One of the Accused in the Internet Sites Case Confesses to Spying for Foreign Powers
A Review of Mojtaba Saminejad’s Case by his Attorney, Mohammad Seifzadeh
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