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Iranian internet to be shut down on election day

by ryan | March 3, 2008 at 11:01 am | 113 views | add comment

Elections are scheduled to take place on March 14th in Iran. Reports from local media is that the internet will be shut down. The goverment claims that they are shutting down the internet because they are afraid of attacks to a new electronic voting system.

Etemad, a newspaper published inside Iran, reports that they have received word that the Ministry of Communication is considering complete blackout of the Internet in Iran for the day of the Parliamentary Elections [Persian]. Reportedly, this is the first time computerized polling will be integrated into the old paper-based system and the ministry is worried about the chances of technical problems as well as viral attacks.