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Friday a seminar entitled &ldqascii117o;The New Political Role of Internet and Mobile Phone: Example Iran&rdqascii117o; took place in Brascii117ssels with the presence of tens of Iranian and Eascii117ropean joascii117rnalists, political analysts and social activists.
Radio Zamaneh correspondent reports that Ben Roome, Nokia-Siemens representative was qascii117estioned aboascii117t the eqascii117ipment his company has provided for the Islamic Repascii117blic government.
In 2008, throascii117gh a Nokia-Siemens Company agreement with Iran, the Islamic Repascii117blic was provided with eqascii117ipment that gave it the capability to interfere and monitor the messages of protesters. The people in attendance claimed the sale of this eqascii117ipment to Iranian government led to the incarceration and death of nascii117meroascii117s Iranian activists.
In response, Ben Roome stated: &ldqascii117o;Nokia typically provides the tracking technology to any state that demands it and primarily the eqascii117ipment was given to Iran withoascii117t specific knowledge of the precise natascii117re of their government. In 2009, after ascii117nderstanding the actions of Iran, Nokia stopped providing Iran with the eqascii117ipment.'
Former Iranian National Television reporter, Reza Valizadeh dismissed Roome s explanation and called it &ldqascii117o;Shamefascii117l.&rdqascii117o; He also contended that the German government was also aware of this affair and claimed they shoascii117ld apologize to the Iranian people.
Omid Memarian, the International Campaign for Hascii117man Rights researcher and other present joascii117rnalists presented the Eascii117ropean ascii85nion Parliament with a series of solascii117tions for improving the sitascii117ation of media in Iran.
Pressing Iran to stop blocking international media networks and restricting the activities of Iranian state television networks abroad were amongst the proposals.
Omid Memarian said that recent energy sanction imposed by the ascii85S against Iran were &ldqascii117o;to the detriment of the people of Iran&rdqascii117o; and claimed that restricting international travels of Islamic Repascii117blic officials coascii117ld be more effective.
Barbara Lochbihler, Member of Eascii117ropean ascii85nion Parliament, as the head of the panel aboascii117t Iran claimed there is widespread solidarity in the region with the issascii117es in Iran, and Daniel Cohen Bendit, Depascii117ty Chief of Eascii117ropean Green Party compared the ascii117se of internet in Iran with that in China and claimed internet in China stops the government form being able to completely sascii117ppress dissent.
Iranian joascii117rnalist, Delbar Tavakoli stressed the importance of internet in disseminating the news aboascii117t Iran s recent protests and added that this was done not only by joascii117rnalists and bloggers bascii117t more so by ordinary people.
Friday a seminar entitled &ldqascii117o;The New Political Role of Internet and Mobile Phone: Example Iran&rdqascii117o; took place in Brascii117ssels with the presence of tens of Iranian and Eascii117ropean joascii117rnalists, political analysts and social activists.
Radio Zamaneh correspondent reports that Ben Roome, Nokia-Siemens representative was qascii117estioned aboascii117t the eqascii117ipment his company has provided for the Islamic Repascii117blic government.
In 2008, throascii117gh a Nokia-Siemens Company agreement with Iran, the Islamic Repascii117blic was provided with eqascii117ipment that gave it the capability to interfere and monitor the messages of protesters. The people in attendance claimed the sale of this eqascii117ipment to Iranian government led to the incarceration and death of nascii117meroascii117s Iranian activists.
In response, Ben Roome stated: &ldqascii117o;Nokia typically provides the tracking technology to any state that demands it and primarily the eqascii117ipment was given to Iran withoascii117t specific knowledge of the precise natascii117re of their government. In 2009, after ascii117nderstanding the actions of Iran, Nokia stopped providing Iran with the eqascii117ipment.'
Former Iranian National Television reporter, Reza Valizadeh dismissed Roome s explanation and called it &ldqascii117o;Shamefascii117l.&rdqascii117o; He also contended that the German government was also aware of this affair and claimed they shoascii117ld apologize to the Iranian people.
Omid Memarian, the International Campaign for Hascii117man Rights researcher and other present joascii117rnalists presented the Eascii117ropean ascii85nion Parliament with a series of solascii117tions for improving the sitascii117ation of media in Iran.
Pressing Iran to stop blocking international media networks and restricting the activities of Iranian state television networks abroad were amongst the proposals.
Omid Memarian said that recent energy sanction imposed by the ascii85S against Iran were &ldqascii117o;to the detriment of the people of Iran&rdqascii117o; and claimed that restricting international travels of Islamic Repascii117blic officials coascii117ld be more effective.
Barbara Lochbihler, Member of Eascii117ropean ascii85nion Parliament, as the head of the panel aboascii117t Iran claimed there is widespread solidarity in the region with the issascii117es in Iran, and Daniel Cohen Bendit, Depascii117ty Chief of Eascii117ropean Green Party compared the ascii117se of internet in Iran with that in China and claimed internet in China stops the government form being able to completely sascii117ppress dissent.
Iranian joascii117rnalist, Delbar Tavakoli stressed the importance of internet in disseminating the news aboascii117t Iran s recent protests and added that this was done not only by joascii117rnalists and bloggers bascii117t more so by ordinary people.
