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Iran: Detained web developer under pressure

Categories: Iran, Governance, Technology

Reporters Without Borders says [1]Iranian authorities have put detained Iranian web developer Mohammad SoleimaniNia under pressure to have his skills for running ‘The National Internet’. Iranian government have already talked about launching a network inside called ‘The National Internet’. RSF has urged for immediate release of Mr. SoleimaniNia who has been under arrest for last 3 months. He “hosts and manages websites of many Iranian civil society communities and intellectuals”, due to RSF report [2].