Iran Electronics Industries (IEI)
"IEI was previously designated pursuant to E.O. 13382 in September 2008, for its connections to Iran’s Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) program and Iran's Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics (MODAFL). According to its website, IEI is a major producer of electronic systems and products in Iran. IEI offers a number of goods and services related to jamming, monitoring, and eavesdropping. Satellite jamming is a pervasive reality in Iran. It is used to censor free speech and prohibit access to information through deliberate interference for the express purpose of preventing access to specific content. Orbital and terrestrial jamming is frequently used in Iran to prevent access to specific news and information broadcast from abroad. Jamming devices are radio frequency transmitters that intentionally block, jam, or interfere with communications such as cell phone calls, text messages, GPS systems, and Wi-Fi networks. As of 2011, the Iranian government has been able to monitor text-messaging services via a monitoring system installed by IEI. In the context of their use by the Government of Iran, monitoring and eavesdropping form an integral part of the Iranian regime’s effort to control and limit content and suppress speech. Iran is investing in improving its technical capacity to extensively monitor the behavior of its citizens on the Internet. The Iranian authorities routinely use surveillance to round up and interrogate political activists. The government’s use of sophisticated monitoring technology, including that which targets text messages, has helped the Iranian authorities crush activism in Iran." 1
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