Morovati, Hassan

"Senior Iranian officials have discussed implementing a countrywide internet shutdown for several hours on January 19-20 to prevent cheating on a scheduled university entrance exam. An education official, Hassan Morovati, announced these plans on January 4... [R]egime officials openly discussing such extreme measures to prevent cheating on a standardized test reflects how the regime is normalizing such oppressive behavior. The regime could be considering the potential internet shutdown to expand censorship and suppress dissent rather than prevent cheating."¹

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1. https://www.criticalthreats.org/analysis/iran-crisis-update-january-4-2023?mkt_tok=NDc1LVBCUS05NzEAAAGJHtfdxMSyuQb2hnf5UzthYcrigi7-rKHIEB5vk7yaSsHkp7dHBK8LABoWOztGzMmPbWZw8SZaZ4ZG2lsE-y-G-au65n5Q9XYjcTZApXmhuwgj6eR0