This week the testing of Haystack, a highly-publicised system seeking to provide access to the Internet --- free from surveillance and filtering --- to Iranians, was suspended amidst security concerns and criticism of both the technology and the promotion of the initiative.
Josh Shahryar reflects and responds in this open letter:
2005 GMT: Economy Watch. MP Ahmad Hamidi says wheat growers in Isfahan province, who distributed their harvest 1 1/2 months ago, still have not been paid by the government.
2000 GMT: Political Prisoner Watch. Lecturer Ahmad Ghabel has been re-arrested after his recent claims about mass executions in Mashhad Prison.
1955 GMT: To Lose One Diplomat is Unfortunate, To Lose Four.... Hossein Sobhaninia, a pro-Government member of Parliament's National Security Council, has delcared that more caution is needed in the choice of Iran's diplomats as they will most likely be subject to manipulation by foreign intelligence services.
Wednesday, September 15, 2010 at 7:18