Supreme Council of Cyberspace (Iran)
{{short description|Cyberspace council}}
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{{Infobox organization
| name = Supreme Council of Cyberspace
| logo = Emblem of Iran.svg
| logo_size = 110px
| founded_date = {{start date and age|2012|03|07|df=yes}}
| founder =
| key_people = Masoud Pezeshkian, Chairman{{-}}Mohammad-Amin Aghamiri, Secretary
| location_city = Tehran
| location_country = Iran[https://www.tasnimnews.com/fa/news/1401/08/17/2801228 Emphasizing the need to improve network services in the meeting of the Supreme Council of Cyberspace][https://www.yjc.ir/fa/news/8528467/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%B1%D8%B3%DB%8C-%D9%88%D8%B6%D8%B9-%DA%A9%D8%B3%D8%A8-%D9%88-%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%E2%80%8C%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%AA%DB%8C-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%AC%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%87-%D8%B4%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7%DB%8C%E2%80%8C-%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%8C-%D9%81%D8%B6%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D9%85%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%B2%DB%8C Investigating the status of internet businesses in the meeting of the Supreme Council of Cyberspace][https://www.yjc.ir/fa/news/8459738/%D8%AA%D8%B5%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%87%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%BE%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%B2%DB%8C-%D8%AE%D8%AF%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%AA%D9%82%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%AA-%D8%AD%D9%81%D8%B8-%D8%AD%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%85-%D8%AE%D8%B5%D9%88%D8%B5%DB%8C-%D9%88%D8%AD%D9%81%D8%B8%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%87%E2%80%8C%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86 Approving solutions to stabilize services, strengthen privacy protection and preserve user data][https://www.tasnimnews.com/fa/news/1401/12/06/2858881 Aghamiri became the secretary of the Supreme Council of Cyberspace][https://www.yjc.ir/fa/news/7690837 Approval of the data governance document in the future horizon of the Supreme My Persian Accompanying the Supreme Council of Cyberspace is a prerequisite for making basic decisions about the Internet][https://www.farsnews.ir/news/14011021001152 The recent cyber attacks on the country were discussed in the meeting of the Supreme Council of Cyberspace][https://article.tebyan.net/411376 Familiarity with the Supreme Council of Cyberspace] tebyan.net, Retrieved 7 October 2020[https://www.leader.ir/fa/content/9213/leader.ir The Supreme Council of Cyberspace was formed and its real and legal members were appointed] leader.ir, Retrieved 7 October 2020[https://www.tasnimnews.com/fa/news/1392/08/12/181976 Mohammad Hasan Entezari became the secretary of the Supreme Council of Cyberspace][https://www.tasnimnews.com/fa/news/1392/09/12/209649 The Supreme Council of Cyberspace and the Telecommunication Research Center should interact to achieve the goals in the dignity of the people]
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Supreme Council of Cyberspace (Iran) ({{langx|fa|شورای عالی فضای مجازی}}) is a cyberspace-council[https://www.tabnak.ir/fa/tags/11225/1/ About the Supreme Council of Cyberspace (Iran)] tabnak.ir, Retrieved 7 October 2020[https://www.hamshahrionline.ir/news/163072 Familiarity with the Supreme Council of Cyberspace] hamshahrionline.ir, Retrieved 7 October 2020[http://www.rooznamehrasmi.ir/laws/ShowLaw.aspx?Code=298 Articles of Association of the National Cyberspace Center of the country] rooznamehrasmi.ir, Retrieved 7 October 2020 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".[https://article.tebyan.net/411376 Familiarity with the Supreme Council of Cyberspace] tebyan.net, Retrieved 7 October 2020
The members of this council[https://www.mehrnews.com/news/2922330 Abolhassan Firooz-Abadi became the secretary of the Supreme Council and the head of the Cyberspace Center] mehrnews.com, Retrieved 7 October 2020[https://www.mehrnews.com/news/3839162 Exploitation of the portal of the National Cyberspace Center of the country] mehrnews.com, Retrieved 7 October 2020[https://www.tabnak.ir/fa/news/431053 Who decides on Iran's cyberspace? + Names] tabnak.ir, Retrieved 7 October 2020 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 policymakers and implementers in the mentioned field before this council's formation.[https://article.tebyan.net/411376 Familiarity with the Supreme Council of Cyberspace] tebyan.net, Retrieved 7 October 2020
Natural-members
The "Supreme Council of Cyberspace"[https://www.yjc.ir/fa/news/8377658/ Approval of 57 documents in the Supreme Council of Cyber Space][https://www.yjc.ir/fa/news/8432895 Reviewing the latest state of progress of the National Information Network in the Supreme Council of Cyber Space][https://www.yjc.ir/fa/news/8475130 Head of Satra:The resolution of the Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution is a public announcement on the health of the virtual space][https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/print_version/821931 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[https://www.isna.ir/news/94110200325/%D9%87%D9%85%D9%87-%D8%A2%D9%86%DA%86%D9%87-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%B4%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%8C-%D9%81%D8%B6%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D9%85%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%B2%DB%8C-%D8%AA%D8%B5%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%A8-%D8%B4%D8%AF Everything was approved by the Supreme Council of Cyberspace] isna.ir, Retrieved 7 October 2020 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
- Rasool Jalili[https://article.tebyan.net/411376/%D8%A2%D8%B4%D9%86%D8%A7%DB%8C%DB%8C-%D8%A8%D8%A7-%D8%B4%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%8C-%D9%81%D8%B6%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D9%85%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%B2%DB%8C Familiarity with the Supreme Council of Cyberspace] tebyan.net, Retrieved 7 October 2020
Legal-members
Legal-members of the "Supreme Council of Cyberspace"[https://farsi.khamenei.ir/message-content?id=19225 Decree on the formation and appointment of members of the Supreme Council of Cyberspace] khamenei.ir, Retrieved 7 October 2020[https://smallmedia.org.uk/news/rewiring-irans-supreme-council-of-cyberspace Rewiring Iran’s Supreme Council of Cyberspace] smallmedia.org.uk, Retrieved 7 October 2020Young Journalists Club, Supreme Council of Cyberspace (Iran), Retrieved 7 October 2020 are as follows:
- Secretary of the Council and President of the National Cyberspace Center: Mohammad-Amin Aghamiri
- President of Iran: Masoud Pezeshkian
- 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: Peyman Jebelli
- Minister of Ministry of Information and Communications Technology of Iran: Sattar Hashemi
- Minister of Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance: Abbas Salehi
- Minister of Ministry of Science, Research and Technology (Iran): Hossein Simaee Sarraf
- Minister of Ministry of Education (Iran): Alireza Kazemi
- Minister of Ministry of Intelligence (Iran): Esmaeil Khatib
- Minister of Ministry of Defence and Armed Forces Logistics (Iran): Aziz Nasirzadeh
- Vice President for Science and Technology: Hossein Afshin
- 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: Ahmad-Reza Radan
- Prosecutor-General of Iran: Mohammad Movahedi-Azad[https://article.tebyan.net/411376 Familiarity with the Supreme Council of Cyberspace] tebyan.net, Retrieved 7 October 2020
- Head of Iran's National Organization for Passive Defense: Gholamreza Jalali
See also
References
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