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Iranians set to face harsh prison sentences for telling the world what’s happening inside their country under new law
NY Post ^ | 8/16/26 | Reuters

Posted on 08/16/2026 1:24:58 PM PDT by Libloather

DUBAI — Iran’s parliament approved on Sunday the general principles of a bill that ​would criminalize interviews and other communications with media deemed hostile to the ‌Islamic Republic, including US or Israeli media and outlets financed by either country, Iran’s Shargh newspaper reported.

Osman Salari, a member of parliament’s judicial and legal commission, said the individual provisions of the bill, ​which is aimed at countering foreign intelligence influence, have yet to be ​debated and approved. Reports about the bill’s details should not yet be ⁠considered final, Salari told the Mizan news agency.

Under the proposed bill, interviews or participation ​in discussions with such media would be banned and violations would carry six months to ​two years in prison.

Interviews with other foreign media would require notification to the intelligence ministry, while contact with foreign embassies, offices of foreign organizations or other non-Iranian institutions without notification and written permission ​from the foreign ministry would be punishable by a fine and deprivation of ​certain social rights.

The proposed legislation would also harden penalties for economic crimes committed under the direction or ‌supervision ⁠of foreigners, ban providing information to foreigners without intelligence ministry approval and restrict scientific cooperation with foreign institutions outside an approved list.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Conspiracy; Education; Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: country; law; prison; sentences

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Always good to have new laws and punishments. Keeps things fresh. Big Mo could be the hero and deliver the big veto.
1 posted on 08/16/2026 1:24:58 PM PDT by Libloather
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To: Libloather

It sure will be nice when these evil demonics receive their justice. Looking forward to it for certain.


2 posted on 08/16/2026 1:32:44 PM PDT by jacknhoo (Luke 12:51; Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.)
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To: Libloather

Just appeal the decision to one of their FEDERAL judges. Well, maybe not.


3 posted on 08/16/2026 1:32:58 PM PDT by Mark (DONATE ONCE every 3 months-is that a big deal?)
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To: Libloather

Appears that whole euphoric idea the Persian’s will fight back a little after 40,000 killed in the street was just that, euphoria.

Maybe someone should have read Machiavelli?


4 posted on 08/16/2026 1:37:09 PM PDT by Karliner (Heb 4:12 Rom 8:28 Rev 3, "...This is the end of the beginning." Churchill)
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To: Mark

Biden appointed or o’bamski appointed?

🤔😂👍🇺🇸


5 posted on 08/16/2026 1:38:59 PM PDT by rktman (Patriotism not 'hateriotism' !. Enlisted USN 1967 proudly. 🇺🇸)
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« Iran’s parliament approved on Sunday the general principles of a bill that ​would criminalize interviews and other communications with media deemed hostile to the ‌Islamic Republic, including US or Israeli media and outlets financed by either country, Iran’s Shargh newspaper reported. »

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

So Iran does what the NeoSoviet government in Russia has been doing against the Russian people for over 4 years now. How predictable…

“Russia Arrests Multiple People for Holding Up Blank Signs”
https://www.newsweek.com/russia-ukraine-war-invasion-protests-police-arrest-activists-holding-blank-signs-paper-1687603


6 posted on 08/16/2026 1:52:18 PM PDT by USA-FRANCE (Silence against evil isn't neutrality, it's complicity. Oppose the Iran-Russia-North Korea Alliance!)
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Appears that whole euphoric idea the Persian’s will fight back a little after 40,000 killed in the street was just that, euphoria.

That's of course assuming those 40,000 killed weren't as "real" as the millions of people who apparently went to the theater to see the Odyssey.

7 posted on 08/16/2026 1:53:18 PM PDT by qam1 (There's been a huge party. All plates and the bottles are empty, all that's left is the bill to pay)
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To: Libloather

Not to worry. Soon (and I suspect real soon) “misinformation” will be criminalized in every internet dependent polity.


8 posted on 08/16/2026 1:56:59 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is opinion or satire. Or both.)
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It sure will be nice when these evil demonics receive their justice. Looking forward to it for certain.

Oh, for another King Leonidas, Leonidas I: King of Sparta. (ruled c. 489–480 BC).
He and his 300 Spartan soldiers lost the Battle of Thermopylae but they set the example of true sacrifice.

If it weren't for him and his 300 fellow Spartans we would now be speaking Persian-Farsi.
THAT is scary!

9 posted on 08/16/2026 2:04:38 PM PDT by cloudmountain
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Appears that whole euphoric idea the Persian’s will fight back a little after 40,000 killed in the street was just that, euphoria.
Maybe someone should have read Machiavelli?

The Persian military killed 40,000 of their OWN people.
How can ANY ruling group do that to its OWN people?! HORRIBLE!!
There are 93 million Iranians left?

Any guessimates on how many will be left by the end of THIS year, 2026.

10 posted on 08/16/2026 2:11:01 PM PDT by cloudmountain
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To: USA-FRANCE

What if Iran’s parliament just disappeared? 😏


11 posted on 08/16/2026 2:20:47 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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Sensing a theme here, in articles about the political authoritarians in the news these days.

"...countering foreign intelligence influence" is such a handy phrase, when one thinks of the Democrats' many attacks on President Trump, and the various authoritarian government schemes being seen in Europe, Eur-Asia, Africa and South America.

12 posted on 08/16/2026 2:31:46 PM PDT by Worldtraveler once upon a time (Degrow government)
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To: Libloather

Supposedly tens of thousands of dissidents have been killed since the US bombing started and now they have to worry about passing a law against dissent involving the media?


13 posted on 08/16/2026 2:58:48 PM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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To: Georgia Girl 2

And the replacement after the regime falls the new group can meet in trailers like schools do. Called “portables” or “modulars.”

One “accidental” missile could knock out the villains.


14 posted on 08/16/2026 3:01:49 PM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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To: Libloather

Democrats would love to have a similar law here.


15 posted on 08/16/2026 3:03:01 PM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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They so would, and if they end up in charge, I have no doubt they’ll try to do this. Thankfully, we have the First Amendment.


16 posted on 08/16/2026 3:08:50 PM PDT by FamiliarFace (I got my own way of livin' But everything gets done With a southern accent Where I come from. TPetty)
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To: Libloather
"Help is on the way!"
17 posted on 08/16/2026 3:27:32 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie ( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and his mercy endures forever. — Psalm 106)
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Without lies

Islam dies.

Iran has already cut off the Internet to most of its citizens. After Elon offered free Skylink service it became against the law there to have his link up equipment.

Obama had the chance to take advantage of a previous uprising. He sent Iran pallets of cash instead. Lots of folks here are already exhausted with this war. President Trump is the first President to stop kicking that can down the road for another President to deal with.

18 posted on 08/16/2026 3:30:35 PM PDT by Nateman (Democrats did not strive for fraud friendly voting merely to continue honest elections.)
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To: Libloather

Yet, there are lots of things they can say that will get you cancelled, de-banked, or thrown in jail in the West.

You have to stop and think where you are before you open your mouth or post anything on the internet. Don’t expect the same rules in Beijing, Tehran, and London.


19 posted on 08/16/2026 3:54:15 PM PDT by BusterDog
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To: Libloather

How about we start dropping these little trinkets for the people.

20 posted on 08/16/2026 4:05:15 PM PDT by bk1000 (Banned from Breitbart)
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