Iran Widens Electronic Jamming of Bloggers.. Shuts Down Yahoo Messenger

[K Gardner]

The BBC claimed today that Iran has widened electronic jamming of its services, as the country's Revolutionary Guard ordered domestic websites and blogs to remove any material that might "create tension" amid post-election unrest.

Both the BBC's World News and Persian TV channels are now being jammed by "ground-based interference" in what one senior corporation insider told MediaGuardian.co.uk was akin to "electronic warfare".

Iranian authorities also blocked access to Yahoo Messenger early today as the country intensified its crackdown on all means of communication following Friday's controversial presidential poll.

more at link..

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/jun/17/iran-bbc-jamming-bloggers-revolutionary-guard

Don't forget to reset your Twitter timestamp to Tehran time

Also this from Christiane Amanpour's Facebook Page:

TIMES ONLINE:Saeed Valadbaygi, a blogger who writes Revolutionary Road from inside Iran, has posted a number of videos apparently from Isfahan University where student protesters were targeted. If you ask to be friends with him on Facebook you will be able to see footage of injured students...

[GodlessBiker]

1. Soviet-style police state tactics. I'm sure Allah approves.

[northernlights]

2. does their government have email?

Could we swarm them with emails?

[K Gardner]

3. Haven't seen that suggested on any of the Tehran blogs I'm following, but I'll check !