Analysis by PMOI/MEK
Iran, May 30, 2019 - The Instagram accounts of several street music groups were blocked by the cyber police in Iran, according to a May 24 report posted on the state-run Tabnak website, an outlet affiliate to former Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) chief Mohsen Rezaie, now Secretary of the Expediency Discernment Council.
A
message from the repressive mullahs’ judiciary was sent to each of
these groups’ Instagram accounts saying that “due to criminal contents”,
this Instagram account has been blocked and the “individuals involved
in these crimes” will be prosecuted.
The cyber police in Iran, commonly known as FATA
based on the Farsi acronym of its name, issued a statement announcing
an investigative decree has been issued against the operators of these
blocked Instagram accounts.
The
cyber police did not discuss details of the so-called “crime”
perpetrated by these individuals. However, photos of the blocked
accounts that appeared on other Instagram accounts showed the musicians
playing musical instruments on the street sidewalks with no sign of any
“crime.”
As recently as May 17, Negar Moazzam, a
female singer, was placed under surveillance by the Prosecutor’s Office
in Isfahan Province, central Iran, for her solo singing during a
sightseeing tour to a local historical village.
“The
preliminary questioning regarding Moazam’s case has been filed upon the
report of the intelligence police for public security, and the
Prosecutor of Natanz is following up on the case,” the Isfahan
prosecutor announced on May 21.
Instagram
is so far the only western social media platform tolerated by the
mullahs’ regime ruling Iran. However, the mullahs’ repressive cyber
police, under the ridiculous accusation of “criminality or criminal
content,” reportedly block many Instagram accounts. The owners of those
accounts are thus arrested.
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