The introduction ceremony of the Minister of Communications of the 14th government was accompanied by talks about the importance of cyberspace security and filtering. In his speech, the new Minister of Communications called filtering the cause of people’s dissatisfaction and said that its use is not in anyone’s interest. The First Vice President also called the continuation of restrictions costly and said: “Restrictions have increased the cost of the consumer and created an atmosphere of security evasion. »
This evening at the introduction ceremony Sattar Hashmi In the position of the Minister of Communications and Information Technology, which was held in the presence of former ministers, Hashemi said, referring to the importance of regularity in cyberspace: “If we consider that people live in cyberspace, then we accept that they should have good living conditions.” to provide A good life in the digital world, which is the world of today and the future, is both quality and up-to-date as well as safe and inspiring life that can save lives and become the source of progress and growth. But if it is not regulated well, it can take lives and thoughts.”
Hashemi: People live in cyberspace and we must provide them with good living conditions
The Minister of Communications continued: “In the current situation, our duty as the government is to provide the best and healthiest digital conditions for the people as much as possible. Let’s inform them, raise the quality of user experience and make Iran attractive and of course safe for different groups, including children and teenagers. In this regard, the development of the national information network will be one of the most important programs of the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology in the 14th government.
Hashemi then emphasized on pursuing the development of smart government, digital and knowledge-based economy, development of space industry and space-based economy, and development of smart post as serious plans of the Ministry of Communications and said: “Improving processes in all subcategories of the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology is a national demand and a duty It will be legal and moral obligation of my servant and our colleagues in the Ministry of Communications.
In another part of his statement, Skandar of the Ministry of Communications said: “My belief and emphasis is that at every stage of the implementation of the designed programs, we must adhere to the upstream documents and put them into practice.” We definitely need strong tools to improve the position of governance. Tools that can guarantee the best user situation for people in various fields and extend security to the cyber borders of the country.”
He emphasized with these words: “As I have said before, I reiterate that filtering in its current state is not in the interest of anyone; The current inefficient way has violated our sovereignty, questioned our cyber security, put families’ security at risk, and damaged the business environment, and as a result, people are not satisfied with the current situation.
Pointing out that the current situation is absolutely not in line with the goals of the upper level documents and the demands of the revolutionary leader, Hashemi continued: “We must change the current situation for the benefit of businesses and the digital economy, taking into account the national interests and the general policies of the system, in order to satisfy the people. to give.”
According to the Minister of Communications, in this difficult, challenging and complex path to review and update the methods, the cooperation of all the national and military and government institutions on the one hand, and the cooperation of all the actors of the digital economy and industry on the other hand, as well as the scientific elites, is urgently needed.
Aref: Limitations in cyber space have not had any effect
Mohammadreza Arefthe first vice president also stated that the restrictions in cyber space have not had any effect so far, citing the example of satellite antennas in many houses and said: “I am surprised that the security institutions do not protest about these restrictions.”
Emphasizing the pursuit of the strategic document of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the virtual space, he wanted to legalize the governance of the virtual space.
Today, restrictions in cyberspace have no effect. It was clear even before the technology advanced that the only thing restrictions would do was raise the cost to the consumer and create security loopholes. We consider security elites to be a principle and we have no compliments in this regard. But some things (Internet restrictions) that are done due to lack of recognition in our country, harm the security sector. I am surprised that the security institutions never protest about these restrictions. [با آسیب به بخش امنیت به دلیل ایجاد Ù…Øدودیت]They don’t have complete aristocracy on this space anymore.
– Mohammadreza Aref, First Vice President
Aref then said that in this situation VPN supply companies etc. have replaced security institutions and on the other hand people pay more for VPN and receive bad quality service and this process has caused them to become pessimistic.
Emphasizing that we are teaching people to disobey the law with this process, he explained: “Unfortunately, during these four decades, laws have been approved that everyone admits that it is time to abolish them, but no one dares to step forward.” It’s just people rebelling against law enforcement and that’s bad. For example, satellite antenna is prohibited, but which house does not have one? Even satellite dishes are meaningless and removing the antennas is useless.”
The first vice president said with these explanations: “By working on the strategic document of cyberspace, the governance of cyberspace becomes legal, and this mentality that everything that happens in cyberspace is related to filtering will change and this situation will be settled.”
He also considered it very important to follow the digital economy document and complete the national information network and added: “All governments raise the issue of the national information network, but at the moment I do not see a leap and serious movement in pursuing and closing the file of completing the national information network.” We do not lack human resources in this sector and our best are among the elite and experts.
Pointing out that it seems that increasing cyber security has not been paid enough attention, Aref emphasized: “My request is that we have a serious and sincere strategy for the cyberspace with the cooperation of all relevant departments and that the Ministry of Communications takes the lead in this matter. »
In another part of his speech, the first vice president listed Iran’s rank in various indicators in the region and the world and first mentioned employment.
Since the beginning of the 1990s, we have seen the contribution of 100 to 150 job opportunities in the ICT sector in the large employment programs, and it seems that this contribution is achievable, but currently the unemployment of university graduates is more worrying than the average of the country.
– Mohammadreza Aref, First Vice President
The first vice president stated that good actions have been taken among the regional indicators in space affairs and stated these statistics:
- We rank second in space affairs in the region and seventh in space telecommunications in the region.
- We, who were among the first countries to have an organization and to launch satellites, have the 5th rank in the field of remote sensing.
- The contribution of the digital economy to the GDP is 7% and we need to reach 10%.
- Also, we rank 91 among 193 countries in the development of electronic government.
Aref emphasized: “Good measures have been taken in the direction of e-government development, but I hope that the serious obstacles in this path will be removed.” For inexplicable reasons, the devices insist not to change their traditional look. “Unfortunately, our situation is very bad in this regard.”
In the end, he said: “In all these indicators, even if we get the first rank in the region, our situation is not very good compared to Western countries.”
