On
Tuesday, the U.S. Justice Department stated that the American authorities
seized Iran's state-linked news site which they blamed for spreading
disinformation.
The
United States blocked these websites days after Iran had a presidential
election. The US has accused Ebrahim Raisi, the country's former chief justice
of Iran of human rights violations. The US has imposed sanctions and stopped
official dealings with him.
The
Iran-backed Houthi militia's websites were also seized and along with satellite
and TV news stations that are committed to reports from the city of Karbala,
Iraq, the Iranian news media reported.
The
relationship between Iran and the U.S. has worsened for years following
President Donald Trump's withdrawal from Tehran's atomic deal and the arrival
of sanctions on the nation. That eventually has seen Iran, over the long run;
bit by bit abandon every limit on the enrichment of the uranium.
The
Justice Department statement came hours after the Iranian state-run news
organization IRNA reported that the U.S. government has seized news websites
without giving any prior information.
The
seizure comes as world powers struggle to restore Tehran's worn-out 2015 atomic
deal and only days after the political wing of Iran's newly elected President,
Ebrahim Raisi.
On
Monday, Raisi, known for his antagonism toward the West, marked out a firm
stance in his first press meet. He ruled out the possibility of meeting with US
President Joe Biden or even negotiating about Tehran’s ballistic missile
program.
The
U.S. government has also seized the news site Palestine Today, which echoes the
perspectives of Gaza-based Islamic militant group Hamas and Islamic Jihad and
redirecting the site to a similar takedown notice.
This
is not the first time that the United States government has seized the domain
names of websites it accuses of spreading disinformation.
In
October 2020, US prosecutors took a network of web domains that they stated
were used for spreading political disinformation around the world via Iran’s
Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
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