Iran Requires Pro-Government Posts and Personal Data to Restore Internet Access

com reported. Users were ordered to provide home and work addresses, bank account information, pictures of their bank cards, and links to their social media accounts. They were also instructed to sign handwritten pledges not to publish any content harmful to Iran’s psychological, social or political security.

Internet users were warned that their activities were being monitored through smart surveillance and artificial intelligence systems. Repeated violators risk judicial actions and heavier punishment. Some citizens were ordered to publish at least 20 pro-regime posts on social media and provide evidence they had done so, with instructions to spread the posts out to make the activity appear natural.

Others were ordered to attend pro-government rallies at night. Participants were required to photograph themselves carrying the Iranian flag or pictures of dead Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The orders were issued as the conflict has continued into a third month.

The country has deployed small submarines to the Strait of Hormuz this week. Iran is using the Caspian Sea, highways, and a Chinese railroad to bypass restrictions in the waterway. The oil-rich nation’s economy is reported to be declining, with its new supreme leader urging people to be frugal and businesses to avoid laying off workers.

Officials have accused the United States of destroying trust and jeopardizing peace talks. A ceasefire described as very shaky is in place. The measures to restore internet access follow the reported assassination of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei by the US and Israel in February.