Iranian Security Failure

On 27 November Mohsen Fakhizadeh was assassinated in Tehran. As the top nuclear scientist he was very a very well known person to the people of Iran and so although I question a lot of the nuclear activities he was involved in, I also feel a loss.

The Iranian government has blamed Israel as is expected, stating that the attack took place using advanced remote control and AI weapons. The media has reported that the weapon was fixed to a truck and that the truck exploded after the attack. Reports claim also that no human assassin was at the scene.

For me it is more probable that this was another Iran security failure. Fakhizadeh had huge security because he was named by Israel as a target and the Iranian state should have been on high alert - perhaps the regime should have concentrated on this personal security instead of all the security tools and censorship that they have on Iranian people!

Iran is increasingly becoming known for assassinations. Nuclear scientists were targeted before and another assassination happened in August. Is this a sign that the Iranian state is losing its hold on security? Will this also mean the same for censorship in Iran?

Corona Censorship

It is well known that Iran has not been truthful about Corona. The Iranian government has lied to the world about the deaths of Iranian people. The Iranian state say that 40,000 Iranian have perished but other sources say that this is actually 150,000. This is more than Italy! Why does the government try to cover this up?

This is the latest example of the Iranian governments control and censorship over Iranian people. It also shows how far the Iranian state will go to protect itself from scrutiny. What has the government done to stop Corona. Why has it taken so long to begin lockdown. And is it too late?

It is more important than ever that Iranians have access to the Internet. Iranians are the only people who know what is really going on. Corona has come at a time where Iran continues to control internet access and service providers. Ever since the November 2019 protests Iranian government has stepped up its attempts to censor the Iranian people and hide them from the world.

Last year I blogged about how to avoid Iranian censorship by using Tor to overcome government barriers. This is now more relevant and necessary because of Corona. Maybe in ten years we will know the truth about Corona. Until then the people must continue to document the truth.