Azari Jahromi: The filtering of Telegram was not a government decision, but a judge’s ruling.
Azari Jahromi, the Minister of Communications in Rouhani’s government, mentioned that an individual pays eight dollars monthly for a foreign VPN service while paying five dollars monthly for their mobile internet service.
When startups are leaving the country and migrating, and on the other hand, you see the sales statistics, these indicate that the digital economy is shrinking.
When I reviewed the recent financial reports of Hamrah Aval, I realized that their revenue has decreased by about 700 to 800 billion tomans.
Do you remember anything being filtered during our time? The filtering of Telegram was also not a government decision but was carried out based on the opinion of one of the judges.
In 2019, the internet was cut off by the decision of the Supreme National Security Council and was later restored by the decision of the same council.
I was against the internet shutdown, but I could not stand against the law.
Perhaps because Mr. Rouhani is not the president, during the recent unrest, unlike in November 2019, the internet was not completely shut down, and even after the unrest ended, the restrictions are still in place.