Removal of 10th Feminist-Themed Movies From Iran Fajr Film Festival
- Saturday, 21 January 2017 07:43
NCRI - According to Tasnim news agency, Iran regime’s minister of culture and guidance on January 19 in a meeting with Makarem Shirazi, a state mullah, referring to the purging of the so-called Fajr film festival, announced elimination of 10 feminist-themed movies.
In the interview, Seyd Reza Salehi Amiri, also announced blocking of 160 thousand Telegram channels and stated: “Government select committee in the field of cyberspace has approved that channels with more than 5000 members should get license and blocking of anonymous SIM cards is among other measures that has been taken into account.”
In addition, regime’s prosecutor in Tehran asked Rouhani government officials to block Telegram messenger during the 2017 presidential elections. Government officials have not responded to this request yet.
