from HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works to world@lemmy.world on 25 Jan 20:31
https://sh.itjust.works/post/54095895
The son of Iran’s president has called for the internet restrictions in the country to be lifted, saying nothing will be solved by trying to postpone the moment when pictures and video circulate of the protests that were violently crushed by the regime.
"This means those who were not and are not dissatisfied will be added to the list of the dissatisfied,” he wrote in a Telegram post. The release of videos showing the violence of the protests was “something we will have to face sooner or later”, Yousef Pezeshkian added. “Shutting down the internet will not solve anything, we will just postpone the issue.”
Yousef Pezeshkian, a government adviser, said the risk of keeping Iran cut off from the internet was greater than that of a return to protests if connectivity were restored. He said security institutions must ensure security with the existence of the internet, which he called a necessity in life.
Tehran’s stock market on Sunday was in the red for the fourth day in a row, and the Iranian currency, the rial, continued to fall against the dollar, one of the causes of the protests. The Central Bank of Iran said a debt issuance had only been 15% subscribed, a development that will require further government spending cuts or result in a rise in inflation, the official rate of which was more than 42% last month.
Iran’s computer trade organisation said the internet shutdown was costing $20m (£15m) a day, with lorry drivers also reporting it was difficult to cross borders because of the lack of electronic documentation.
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