{"id":34473,"date":"2022-06-30T01:00:14","date_gmt":"2022-06-29T23:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/?p=34473"},"modified":"2022-06-29T20:09:31","modified_gmt":"2022-06-29T18:09:31","slug":"iran-ali-khamenei-expresses-fear-of-social-media-calls-for-full-crackdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/media-gallery\/videos\/2022\/06\/iran-ali-khamenei-expresses-fear-of-social-media-calls-for-full-crackdown\/34473\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran: Ali Khamenei Expresses Fear of Social Media, Calls for Full Crackdown"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\"Iranian — ^{Iranian regime supreme leader Ali Khamenei \u2013 June 28, 2022<\/sup><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nTehran, June 28, 2022:<\/strong> In a meeting with the head and senior officials of the judiciary branch, Iranian regime supreme leader Ali Khamenei<\/a> revealed his fear of the role that social media and online services are playing in helping protesters organize and spread news of uprisings across the country and the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cPsychological security is one of the rights of the people. What do I mean by psychological security? It means that every day, a rumor, a lie, a panic-causing word is spread in the minds of the people. Until yesterday, it was only the newspapers that were doing this\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nIran's Supreme Leader today ordered the Judiciary to make new laws to prosecute people for spreading \"rumors\" on the internet

He claims rumors undermine people's \"psychological security\"

TRANSLATION: News of the #IranProtests<\/a> are terrifying his regime

CC: @netblocks<\/a> @Irenekhan<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/YSBDB6UkQr<\/a><\/p>\u2014 M. Hanif Jazayeri (@HanifJazayeri) June 28, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote>}