The United States appealed Thursday to Iran to “immediately lift” restrictions on Internet access in the country, condemning the measures taken by the Ebrahim Raisi Executive in response to the national demonstrations.
“In support of what has become a long-standing standard of censorship, the Iranian government has largely shut down the Internet once again for the majority of its 84 million citizens,” the US State Department said. . it’s a statement.
In the note, Washington announced its adherence to the Online Freedom Coalition’s joint consensus statement on Internet limitations in Iran.
“We, the members of the Coalition for Online Freedom, are deeply alarmed and strongly condemn the measures taken by Iran to restrict access to the Internet following the nationwide protests over the tragic murder of Mahsa Amini,” he said.
The United States denounced the “cut” of mobile data, the interruption of social networks, the “strangulation” of Internet service, the blocking of individual users and encrypted DNS (Domain Name System, in Portuguese) services.
“By blocking, filtering or shutting down these services, the Iranian government is prohibiting the right to peaceful assembly and freedom of association and expression,” the US State Department said, reinforcing the call for the restrictions to be lifted.
Washington also said that, in the future, the Iranian authorities must “refrain from imposing partial or total shutdowns of the Internet” and “respect Iran’s international human rights obligations.”
“We stand in solidarity with the Iranian people in their willingness to exercise their rights to freedom of opinion and expression, both ‘online’ and ‘offline’.
Source: TSF
