Breaching the Iranian Firewall

Read this today:

Iran blocks access to over five million websites: report

Nov 19 01:34 PM US/Eastern

Iran has blocked access to more than five million Internet sites, whose content is mostly perceived as immoral and anti-social, a judiciary official was quoted as saying on Wednesday.

"The enemies seek to assault our religious identity by exploiting the Internet," Abdolsamad Khoram Abadi, an advisor to Iran's prosecutor general, was quoted by Kargozaran newspaper as saying.

The Internet "inflicts social, political, economic and moral damage, which is worrying," he said, adding that "social vice caused by the Internet is more than that by the satellite network," Mehr news agency reported. (link)

However, I was relieved to note that Internet Free Iran (a/k/a morganobrien.com) is not blamed for social vice and continues to reach the otherwise disenfranchised masses:



So to my Iranian fan(s), thank you. So long as you wish to read about the Air Force, pedestrians on Long Island, and funny commentary on drunk drivers, you will always find refuge at morganobrien.com.