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[Original ource: Editor Myself: Hossein Derakhshan]
Kayhan, the famous newspaper, close to hardline conservatives and the representative of the most radical supporters of Khamanei (i.e Revolutionary Guards and unofficial security organization run by the Leader's office), has published an editorial by its editor-in-chief, Hossein Shariatmadari, "exposing" a network of Internet journalists and bloggers, inside and outside Iran, who have shaped a CIA-led, sophisticated network in order to undermine the Islamic Republic of Iran and organize large attacks against it.
The article is called "Spider's Web", referring to verse 41 of a chapter called Spider which says "The parable of those who take guardians besides Allah is as the parable of the spider that makes for itself a house; and most surely the frailest of the houses is the spider's house did they but know."
In it, Shariatmadari, who has a long history of involvement with security operations against scholars and intellectual, has named dozens of individuals and websites which, he believes, form a network constructed and led by the CIA, with offices in Europe.
The most alarming part of the piece is where it has named many younger Iranian journalists (with their initial first name and full surname) who still live in Iran, including the recently arrested journalist/blogger/technicians such as Babak Ghafoori Azar, Hanif Mazrooie, Shahram Rafizadeh and Roozbeh Mir Ebrahmi among many others
Based on previous experiences, Kayhan always illustrates the whole picture after each of these scenarios get started by several arrests. So we all should be worried about the fate of the young innocent journalists that, probably just for bad luck, have been fitted into this desperate scenario that tries to find the CIA's hand behind the entire politically active part of the Persian Internet.
What are the implications? First, it proves, at least to me, that our recent protest has been so effective that have made them react this desperately and harshly. Second, it shows the fact that hardliner conservatives see Internet as a threat to their interests and therefore act against it, proves it as a potentially powerful medium for promoting democracy and freedom of expression which deserves more attention from the Western countries and media. Third, it displays that the number of internet users in Iran (between 5 to 7 million) is big enough to worry conservatives about its influence. So they probably start policies that limit access the users to Internet and in this regard, Shaare 2 project, gets a whole new meaning.
Personally I'm so happy to see the effort I begun 4,5 years ago in Asr-e Azadegan paper by starting a daily column introducing Internet to journalists and average Iranians have been so fruitful. The miraculous technology of internet enables individuals do things that would have required big political organizations a few years ago.
- Given the importance of Kayhan's editorials, and the fatwas they published yesterday against "harmful" websites, I expect the Iran-based reporters of Western press and media pick up the story. This is really serious, even though it's just the beginning of it.
- Some important parts of the article:
The command center of this network is in the U.S., but middle range centers are located in Europe where they facilitate the relation of the command center with members in Iran. The European operations are managed from somewhere in the building of Prague-based Radio Farda.
Most harmful operation of this network is done through websites, newspapers, and two radical reformist groups. Emrooz and Gooya news are the major websites among them.
Some individuals who are related to Emrooz and Gooya and live outside Iran include: Abbas Ahmadi, Dariush Sajjadi, Farshad Bayan, Jamshid Asadi, Ahmad Salamatian, Nima Rashedan, Hossein Derakhshan, Alireza Nourizadeh, Majid Mohammadi, Sina Motallebi, jamshid Barzegar, Ebrahim Nabavi, Masoud Behound, etc.
Some of the members who live in Iran include: Babak Gh., Farhad R., Nima R., Bahman A., Jila B., Shadi S., Omid M., Shahram R., Jafar G., Roozbeh M., Jalal Kh., Hanif M., Mehdi D., etc.
Some journalist members of the network have been sent abroad with the help of government officials and have started to write the worst things possible about against the regime, top officials and religious sacred religious figures and concepts. they include: Ali Bastani, Jamshid Barzegar, Camelia Entekhabifar, Saeed Razavi faghih, Nooshabeh Amiri, Mehdi Khalaji, Nima Tamadon, Keyvan Hosseini, Farin Asemi, Majid Mohammadi, etc.
Using blogs and chat rooms, the internal members of the network seduce innocent young people and when attracted, they introduce them to prostitution houses and other places for decadence.
Here is how the operation takes place: After receiving tips from inside Iran, the command center in the U.S. sends out orders to the middle stations in Europe and thorough them to members in Iran. After the Iran-based members write about those topics, websites and newspapers pick them up and then, based on those published reports, Western news agencies and American, European, and Israeli officials start a wide-spread attack to the Islam, regime, and its top officials.
Some members who have or have had positions in the government include: Mohammad Ali A., Isa S., Mostafa T., Behzad N., Mohsen M., Mostafa D., Masoud H., etc.
- The articles has lots of funny stuff, totally made up to support this absurd, fantasy network, especially its technical explanations are sometimes absolutely off.
