For years, the Iranian government has been threatening to pull the plug on the world wide web, sealing the nation and its people off from the rest of the Internet. Officially, Tehran says it wants to create a “halal” Internet, or one free from outside “impurities” or temptations.
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Reformists try to gather momentum for coming elections
Iranian reformists are proposing a number of possible candidates for next year’s presidential elections, says Daryoosh Ghanbari, a spokesman for Parliament’s minority faction.
Single-gender hospitals coming to Iranian provinces
Iranian Health Minister Marzieh Vahid Dastjerdi has declared that every Iranian province must establish at least one single-gender hospital.