Source: Radio Zamaneh
Amir
Kabir Newsletter and Advar News, two
independent student websites in Iran were attacked by internet hackers, the
Iranian Cyber Army. The two sites are amongst the few remaining sites that
report from within Iran, independent from the government. The organizers of the
two sites have been amongst the many targets of government crackdown on
post-election protesters.
Iranian security forces have even accused Amri
Kabir Newsletter of having ties to the dissident group People's Mojahedin
Organization of Iran which is considered by the Islamic Republic as one of its
arch-enemies. Ten members of the student organization Adver-e Tahkim are
currently in prison. Ahmad Zeidabadi, the organization's secretary-general was
sentenced to 15 years and the spokesman, Abdollah Momeni to 6 years in prison.
Amir Kabir Newsletter hackers have defaced the site with a green flag and the
sentence: "We will attack at the Leader's orders and put our lives on the line
for him."
Last week Radio Zamaneh was attacked by the same pro-Islamic Republic hackers
and the social networking site Twitter also experienced a similar attack a few
weeks earlier.
Internet social networking and news sites have been the most vital tool for
election protesters to remain informed and engaged in the past eight months
since all Iranian media and broadcasting are heavily controlled by the
government.
All opposition websites have been targets of government disruptions and filters.
Reportedly internet access has also been targeted in the threshold of the
February 11 events when protesters have announced that they will stage their own
protesting march on the anniversary of the 1979 Revolution.
ISPs have reported 30 percent decrease in service due to technical difficulties
which opposition forces claim are a front for the government's tactic to stop
protesters from getting connected.
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