A member of Iran’s parliament has criticized a new group of plainclothes officials who seize and erase citizens’ cell phone if they contain independent news, political jokes, and other “illegal” messages, according to ADNKronos. This follows other bans on satellite TV and 10,000 Web sites.
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“Iran: Special police corps charged with controlling cell phones”
ADNKronos International (Italy), January 4, 2007