{"id":2892,"date":"2019-11-23T09:26:29","date_gmt":"2019-11-23T10:26:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/madaresharghi.ir\/en\/?p=2892"},"modified":"2019-11-23T09:26:30","modified_gmt":"2019-11-23T10:26:30","slug":"us-imposes-sanctions-on-irans-ict-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madaresharghi.ir\/en\/us-imposes-sanctions-on-irans-ict-minister\/","title":{"rendered":"Us imposes sanctions on Iran\u2019s ICT Minister"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Continuing hostile policy \nagainst Iran, the US Treasury imposed sanctions on Iran\u2019s Minister of \nCommunications and Information Technology, Mohammad Javad Azari-Jahromi.\n                                <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The\n US imposed sanctions on Azari-Jahromi for his role in what it claimed \nas \u201cwidescale internet censorship\u201d during the recent wave of \nforeign-backed riots that hit a number of cities as a result of fuel \nprice hikes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The US Treasury announced the move on its website on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Azari Jahromi has advanced Tehran\u2019s policy of \u201cinternet \ncensorship\u201d while in office, US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin \nclaimed in a statement on Friday, Reuters reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are sanctioning Iran\u2019s Minister of Information and \nCommunications Technology (ICT) for restricting internet access, \nincluding to popular messaging applications that help tens of millions \nof Iranians stay connected to each other and the outside world,\u201d he \nsaid.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Continuing hostile policy against Iran, the US Treasury imposed sanctions on Iran\u2019s Minister of Communications and Information Technology, Mohammad Javad Azari-Jahromi. 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