Supreme Council of Cyberspace (Iran)
 | This article appears to contradict itself on the founding date. (October 2020) |
| Founded | 7 March 2012 |
|---|---|
| Location | |
Area served | cyberspace |
Key people | Ebrahim Raisi, ChairmanAbolhassan Firoozabadi, Secretary |
| Website | http://www.majazi.ir/ |
Supreme Council of Cyberspace (Iran) (Persian: شورای عالی فضای مجازی)[1][2] is a cyberspace-council[3][4][5] which was formed on 26 February 2012 by the decree of Iran's supreme leader, Seyyed Ali Khamenei; and is obliged to establish "National Cyberspace Center of the country" to have an entire and up-to-date knowledge of internal/external cyberspace and in order to decide regarding "how to deal with the harms of the Internet".[6]
The members of this council[7][8][9] are appointed for a period of 3 years; and the president of the country is considered as the head of it. The High-Council of Informatics, the High-Council of Information and the High-Council of IT are considered as the bodies which were acted as policy makers and implementers in the mentioned field before this council's formation.[10]
Natural-members[]
The "Supreme Council of Cyberspace"[11][12] consists of the following "Natural-members":
- Saied Reza Ameli
- Hamid Shahriari
- Reza Taghipour
- Ezzatollah Zarghami
- Mohammad Sarafraz
- Mohammad Hassan Entezari
- Mahdi Akhavan Bahabadi
- Masoud Abu-Talebi
- Kamyar Saqafi
- Rasoul Jalili[13]
Legal-members[]
Legal-members of the "Supreme Council of Cyberspace"[14][15][16] are as follows:
- Secretary of the Council and President of the National Cyberspace Center: Abolhassan Firooz-Abadi
- President of Iran: Ebrahim Raisi
- List of speakers of the Parliament of Iran: Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf
- Head of Judicial system of Iran: Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje'i
- Head of Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting:
- Minister of Ministry of Information and Communications Technology of Iran: Eisa Zarepour
- Minister of Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance:
- Minister of Ministry of Science, Research and Technology (Iran): Mohammad Ali Zolfigol
- Minister of Ministry of Education (Iran):
- Minister of Ministry of Intelligence (Iran):
- Minister of Ministry of Defence and Armed Forces Logistics (Iran): Mohammad-Reza Gharaei Ashtiani
- Vice President for Science and Technology: Sorena Sattari
- Chairman of the Cultural Commission of the Islamic Consultative Assembly :Morteza Aghatehrani
- Head of Islamic Development Organization: Mohammad Qomi
- Commander of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps: Hossein Salami
- Commander of Law Enforcement Force of the Islamic Republic of Iran: Hossein Ashtari
- Prosecutor-General of Iran: Mohammad Jafar Montazeri[17]
See also[]
References[]
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- ^ The Supreme Council of Cyberspace was formed and its real and legal members were appointed leader.ir, Retrieved 7 October 2020
- ^ About the Supreme Council of Cyberspace (Iran) tabnak.ir, Retrieved 7 October 2020
- ^ Familiarity with the Supreme Council of Cyberspace hamshahrionline.ir, Retrieved 7 October 2020
- ^ Articles of Association of the National Cyberspace Center of the country rooznamehrasmi.ir, Retrieved 7 October 2020
- ^ Familiarity with the Supreme Council of Cyberspace tebyan.net, Retrieved 7 October 2020
- ^ Abolhassan Firooz-Abadi became the secretary of the Supreme Council and the head of the Cyberspace Center mehrnews.com, Retrieved 7 October 2020
- ^ Exploitation of the portal of the National Cyberspace Center of the country mehrnews.com, Retrieved 7 October 2020
- ^ Who decides on Iran's cyberspace? + Names tabnak.ir, Retrieved 7 October 2020
- ^ Familiarity with the Supreme Council of Cyberspace tebyan.net, Retrieved 7 October 2020
- ^ Approval of the Supreme Council of Cyberspace regarding the description of duties, powers and members of the Supreme Commission for Cyberspace Security majlis.ir, Retrieved 7 October 2020
- ^ Everything was approved by the Supreme Council of Cyberspace isna.ir, Retrieved 7 October 2020
- ^ Familiarity with the Supreme Council of Cyberspace tebyan.net, Retrieved 7 October 2020
- ^ Decree on the formation and appointment of members of the Supreme Council of Cyberspace khamenei.ir, Retrieved 7 October 2020
- ^ Rewiring Iran’s Supreme Council of Cyberspace smallmedia.org.uk, Retrieved 7 October 2020
- ^ Young Journalists Club, Supreme Council of Cyberspace (Iran), Retrieved 7 October 2020
- ^ Familiarity with the Supreme Council of Cyberspace tebyan.net, Retrieved 7 October 2020
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