{"id":1943683,"date":"2023-06-04T00:11:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-04T04:11:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-sanctions-iranian-firm-for-helping-government-censor-internet\/"},"modified":"2023-06-04T00:13:46","modified_gmt":"2023-06-04T04:13:46","slug":"us-sanctions-iranian-firm-for-helping-government-censor-internet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-sanctions-iranian-firm-for-helping-government-censor-internet\/","title":{"rendered":"US sanctions Iranian company aiding government&#8217;s internet censorship."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fus-sanctions-iranian-firm-for-helping-government-censor-internet%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1943683&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>US Imposes Sanctions on Iran-Based Tech Firm for Facilitating Internet Censorship<\/h2>\n<div class=\"post_content\">\n<div class=\"aplayer_app\" data-source=\"https:\/\/vs1.youmaker.com\/assets\/2023\/0604\/298846ca-27a7-4ed8-917a-c34d922880e6\/audio.mp3?length=1427085&#038;duration=119\"><\/div>\n<p>The Iranian government&#8217;s attempts to control and censor internet traffic have been met with sanctions from the US. Arvan Cloud, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-sanctions-iranian-firm-for-helping-government-censor-internet\/\" title=\"US sanctions Iranian company aiding government's internet censorship.\">technology firm based<\/a> in Iran, along with its co-founders Pouya Pirhosseinloo and Farhad Fatemi, and a UAE-based firm, have all been sanctioned for their role in facilitating the government&#8217;s censorship of the internet. The move comes as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iran-carries-out-monstrous-execution-of-journalist-who-encouraged-anti-government-protests\/\" title=\"Iran Carries Out \u2018Monstrous\u2019 Execution of Journalist Who Encouraged Anti-Government Protests\">anti-government protests<\/a> have swept the country since September.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Free and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/prince-harry-and-meghan-markles-private-garden-wedding-violated-church-law-experts-say\/\" title=\"Prince Harry And Meghan Markle\u2019s Private Garden \u2018Wedding\u2019 Violated Church Law, Experts Say\">unrestricted access<\/a> to information is a fundamental right of all peoples, including in Iran.&#8221;<\/p>\n<footer>Brian E. Nelson, T<\/footer>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>How Arvan Cloud Facilitated Censorship<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Provided interception services for the government<\/li>\n<li>Allowed Iranian authorities to control and censor incoming and outgoing traffic<\/li>\n<li>Surveilled data on the servers<\/li>\n<li>Blocked websites at the request of Iran&#8217;s Committee to Determine Instances of Criminal Content<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The US Treasury&#8217;s Office of Foreign Assets Control has taken action against Arvan Cloud for its role in facilitating the Iranian government&#8217;s attempts to control and censor internet traffic. The firm&#8217;s interception services allowed Iranian authorities to control and censor incoming and outgoing traffic, as well as surveil data on the servers. Additionally, the firm <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/entire-u-s-senate-invited-to-meet-virtually-with-zelensky-on-saturday\/\" title=\"Entire U.S. Senate Invited to Meet Virtually With Zelensky on Saturday\">blocked websites<\/a> at the request of Iran&#8217;s Committee to Determine Instances of Criminal Content.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Don&#8217;t let censorship take away your right to information. Stay informed and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sick-of-communist-like-censorship-heres-a-list-of-popular-uncensored-media-options\/\" title=\"Sick Of Communist-Like Censorship? Here\u2019s A List Of Popular Uncensored Media Options\">stay connected<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>aiding Iran&#8217;s internet censorship during recent anti-government protests. The U.S. imposed sanctions on Arvan Cloud and its co-founders, Pouya Pirhosseinloo and Farhad Fatemi, as well as a UAE-based firm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":1943684,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[9682,6371,5425,5525,5996,4921,5036],"class_list":["post-1943683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times","tag-aiding","tag-censorship","tag-company","tag-governments","tag-internet","tag-iranian","tag-sanctions"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1943683","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/136"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1943683"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1943683\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1943684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1943683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1943683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1943683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}