Ali Aghamohammadi is the former deputy vice president for economic affairs of the Islamic Republic of
Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...
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Gazprom and Iran: Gas Exporting Countries Forum plays important role in global energy security improvement
Gazprom April 2011 He is currently member of the Expediency Discernment Council
The Expediency Discernment Council of the System ( fa, مجمع تشخیص مصلحت نظام ''Majma'-e Taškhīs-e Maslahat-e Nezām'') is an administrative assembly appointed by the Supreme Leader and was created upon the revision to the Co ...
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He was noted for his 2011 statement that the Iranian government is working on a "halal
''Halal'' (; ar, حلال, ) is an Arabic word that translates to "permissible" in English. In the Quran, the word ''halal'' is contrasted with ''haram'' (forbidden). This binary opposition was elaborated into a more complex classification kno ...
" (Islamically permitted) version of the Internet. “Iran will soon create an internet that conforms to Islam
Islam (; ar, ۘالِإسلَام, , ) is an Abrahamic religions, Abrahamic Monotheism#Islam, monotheistic religion centred primarily around the Quran, a religious text considered by Muslims to be the direct word of God in Islam, God (or ...
ic principles, to improve its communication and trade links with the world."[Iran's Halal Internet]
''Al Jazeera'' Some raised doubts about the feasibility of such a network.[
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See also
* Internet censorship in Iran
Iran is notable for its degree of government-sponsored internet censorship. , the country blocks approximately 27% of internet sites and , blocks half of the top 500 visited websites worldwide. The Iranian government and Islamic Revolutionary G ...
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Living people
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