Human rights activists demand to deprive Iran of the Internet
A community group of Americans whose families were affected by the terrorist actions that they believed were organized by the Iranian government launched an unprecedented action.
She demanded that Iran take away their national top-level domains .ir and ایران, all second-level domains and IP addresses registered in this country, and in general all the powers to manage the Internet.
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Representatives of the community group and the organizers of the action are lawyers Nitsana Darshan-Lightner (Tel Aviv) and Robert Tolchin (New York). As Darshan-Lightner said, the legal justification of the requirements is very simple: Iran is obliged to pay monetary compensation to all families of victims of terrorism, and domain names that are material values ​​can be equated to money. She also noted that the confiscation of property as compensation for crimes against human rights, military aggression and terrorism is fully consistent with international law.
Previously, each of the families of the victims filed lawsuits in the US courts for compensation claims, and they were satisfied. However, the Iranian government refused to pay an “indemnity”. According to some reports, the total amount of compensation requested is estimated at billions of dollars.
Relevant documents have already been submitted to the highest courts of all US states, as well as to ICANN and the US Department of Commerce, which oversees the activities of ICANN and has authority over the entire Internet.
According to her, the United States officially recognized Iran as a state with a totalitarian and extremist regime back in 1996, which is sponsored by terrorist organizations. Therefore, the United States has every reason to use its power over the Internet and take away domain names from them - “not to turn off the Internet in Iran, but to restore justice.”
Nitsana Darshan-Lightner has been operating since 1996, when a suicide bomber blew up a bus in Jerusalem. The organization of the terrorist attack is accused of Iran’s security services, supporting terrorist groups. She and her social organization filed lawsuits against many radical Islamic organizations, their leaders, and all companies connected in one way or another, including banks that provided them with financial support.
She demanded that Iran take away their national top-level domains .ir and ایران, all second-level domains and IP addresses registered in this country, and in general all the powers to manage the Internet.
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Representatives of the community group and the organizers of the action are lawyers Nitsana Darshan-Lightner (Tel Aviv) and Robert Tolchin (New York). As Darshan-Lightner said, the legal justification of the requirements is very simple: Iran is obliged to pay monetary compensation to all families of victims of terrorism, and domain names that are material values ​​can be equated to money. She also noted that the confiscation of property as compensation for crimes against human rights, military aggression and terrorism is fully consistent with international law.
Previously, each of the families of the victims filed lawsuits in the US courts for compensation claims, and they were satisfied. However, the Iranian government refused to pay an “indemnity”. According to some reports, the total amount of compensation requested is estimated at billions of dollars.
Relevant documents have already been submitted to the highest courts of all US states, as well as to ICANN and the US Department of Commerce, which oversees the activities of ICANN and has authority over the entire Internet.
According to her, the United States officially recognized Iran as a state with a totalitarian and extremist regime back in 1996, which is sponsored by terrorist organizations. Therefore, the United States has every reason to use its power over the Internet and take away domain names from them - “not to turn off the Internet in Iran, but to restore justice.”
Nitsana Darshan-Lightner has been operating since 1996, when a suicide bomber blew up a bus in Jerusalem. The organization of the terrorist attack is accused of Iran’s security services, supporting terrorist groups. She and her social organization filed lawsuits against many radical Islamic organizations, their leaders, and all companies connected in one way or another, including banks that provided them with financial support.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/227523/
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