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   Last Updated: Wed Mar 07, 2012 16:03 pm (KSA) 13:03 pm (GMT)

Iran’s leader sets up Internet control group

   Wednesday, 07 March 2012
   Iran has blamed Israel for a computer virus discovered in 2010 that
   targeted uranium enrichment equipment. (File photo)
   Iran has blamed Israel for a computer virus discovered in 2010 that
   targeted uranium enrichment equipment. (File photo)

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   By The Associated Press
   Tehran

   Iran’s supreme leader has ordered the creation of an Internet oversight
   agency that includes top military and political figures in the
   country's boldest attempt to control the web.
   Wednesday’s announcement on the state media follows a series of
   high-profile crackdowns on cyberspace including efforts to block
   opposition sites and setting up special teams for what Iran calls its
   “soft war” against the West and allies.
   Iran has blamed Israel for a computer virus discovered in 2010 that
   targeted uranium enrichment equipment.
   The order by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei gave no specifics on
   the new group. But it includes powerful figures in the security
   establishment such as the intelligence minister and the commander of
   the Revolutionary Guard.

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