Iranian official explains ban on Ahmadinejad's Wikipedia page
The Legal advisor of the Attorney-General, Abdul Samad
Khorramabadi, has revealed reasons for the filter
put on Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's Wikipedia page in
the country, Fars news agency reported.
"The filter on the president's page was not put a few days ago, it
was first done 16 months ago, because of false information put on
the page," the advisor said. "We have studied the information
displayed on that page, and according to the Criminal Code and the
Penal code of the Islamic Republic, the access to that page was
closed."
A few days ago, several Iranian media outlets published news about
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's page being inaccessible in Iran.
Khorramabadi noted that Ahmadinejad's page contained certain
accusations, which would have been used by Iran's enemies.
Khorramabadi said that some of Iran's media outlets released this
information just now, prior to the approaching presidential
elections, without doing any research.
The eleventh election of the President of Iran is scheduled to be
held on June 14 to elect the seventh President, successor of
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who is barred from standing for a third term.
The elections will take place on the same day as local council
elections.
The advisor warned the websites over publishing such news, and
called on them to be more careful in the future.
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