The suspension effectively halts its authority at a time when it had begun rolling back restrictions on nationwide connectivity.
Iran’s judiciary has moved to suspend a presidential cyberspace body that recently ordered the easing of sweeping internet restrictions, marking a fresh institutional clash over control of digital access in a country already strained by months of unrest and conflict.
According to the judiciary’s Mizan Online website, the decision followed the “filing of complaints” against the Special Headquarters for Organising and Governing the Country’s Cyberspace, the body responsible for coordinating internet governance policies.
The suspension effectively halts its authority at a time when it had begun rolling back restrictions on nationwide connectivity.
The suspended body had earlier on Monday approved measures to “restore the internet” across Iran, government spokesperson Fatemeh Mohajerani confirmed, following reports that President Masoud Pezeshkian had issued a directive supporting the reopening of access after months of stringent controls.
