Tehran Accuses US Of Launching ‘Cyber War’ Against Iran -- Arab NewsTEHRAN: Tehran has accused the United States of having launched a "cyber war" against Iran, state television network IRIB reported Sunday.
IRIB showed a ten-minute special programme, apparently made by the country's intelligence service, showing what it said were US efforts to infiltrate parts of Iranian society through the web and to encourage Iranians to fight against the establishment.
According to the report, the main figures in the alleged US plot are two former student activists, Ahmad Batebi and Kayvan Rafei, whose operations in Iran are run under the umbrella of the so-called Association for Defending Human Rights.
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My Comment: The power and influence of Twitter only became a factor in Iran this past summer .... 6 months after President Bush had left the White House. As to the impact of Facebook, Youtube, and other social media .... what drives these sites is not the US government but the users and citizens who enjoy having a medium to broadcast to the world.
Iran's 'beef' with these forums and social networks is that it provides a means for Iranians to get information and news that is independent from the Iranian controlled media. The truth .... hmmmm .... it appears that the Iran regime is incapable of having the truth passed out to its own citizens. And for those Iranians who are on the ground in Iran reporting the truth .... prison (and worse) are the threats that the Iranian regime is now trying to use to stop this activity.
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