Taghipour, Reza

"Reza Taghipour is the Minister of Communications and Information Technology and one of the leading Iranian officials in charge of censorship, control of internet activities, and control of other types of communications. Reza Taghipour has been responsible for the blocking of mobile lines and text messaging, jamming of satellite television channels, and local suspension of internet connectivity in the wake of the June 2009 elections." ¹

"Member of the 11th Iranian parliament (Tehran constituency). Member of the Supreme Cyberspace Council. Former Member of the City Council of Teheran. Former Minister for Information and Communications (2009-2012). As Minister for Information, he was one of the top officials in charge of censorship and control of internet activities and also all types of communications (in particular mobile phones). During interrogations of political detainees, the interrogators make use of the detainees’ personal data, mail and communications. On several occasions following the 2009 presidential election and during street demonstrations, mobile lines and text messaging were blocked, satellite TV channels were jammed and the internet locally suspended or at least slowed down." ²

Sources:

1. https://www.treasury.gov/;

https://www.govinfo.gov/;

https://sgp.fas.org/

2. https://eur-lex.europa.eu/