Iran's plans to 'shut down the internet' and replace it with a state-controlled intranet have been dismissed as a hoax... by the 'propaganda wing of the West'.Reza Taghipour, the Iranian Information and Communications Technology Minister, was reported as saying millions of Iranian web users will be barred from access in a drive to build a 'clean internet'.
But in a statement, the ministry said yesterday: 'The report is in no way confirmed by the ministry [and is] completely baseless.'
It blamed the rumours on 'the propaganda wing of the West' which was providing 'its hostile media with a pretext emanating from a baseless claim'. Read More
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