US Treasury Imposes Sanctions on Iranian Firm for Assisting in Online Censorship
The US Treasury has imposed sanctions on Iranian technology company Arvan Cloud, two senior employees, and an affiliated company in the UAE for their roles in facilitating the Iranian regime's censorship of the internet in Iran. Arvan Cloud is a key partner of Iran's Information and Communications Technology Ministry in the development of the National Information Network (NIN), a countrywide intranet that is being used to disconnect the Iranian people from the global internet. The Iranian government has regularly used internet restrictions and the throttling of internet speeds to suppress dissent and limit the dissemination of credible information about human rights violations.