Iran’s Rouhani in tug of war with hard-liners over internet bans
The Iranian president attacked the hard-line judiciary’s move to summon his telecommunications minister over ambitious internet access improvement plans.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani locked horns with his powerful hard-line rivals by throwing his full weight behind young Minister of Information and Communications Technology Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi, who has been pushing fundamental internet development projects.
Jahromi was summoned last week by a Tehran court for an investigation into a host of accusations, including his “failure to implement judicial orders on banning the social media platform, Instagram.” Jahromi was released only after committing himself to attending the next stages of the proceedings.
