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1 edit | Re: Seperate from the rest of the world! On one level it's about morality, according to the norms in Iran. Narrowband-only makes it a little harder for Western culture to influence the population (fewer images with the text, less music and movies). They've started enforcing the longstanding ban on satellite dishes too, which used to be very lax.
But it's really about maintaining the power of the clerics who control the government. There's a system of religious councils or something similar, parallel to the formal government, which more or less dictates domestic policy. But the younger generation want more freedom, in male/female relations and other areas. There was a trend to liberalization before the US started threatening Iran. Now it's going more conservative again.
The internet might become more valuable for communications if the US attacks. |
