With opposition media daily risking government wrath in Iran, the war of the Internet sites in Iran has reached a critical point, says Iranian newspaper Jomhuri-ye Eslami.
The war was launched unilaterally by the extremist elements of the Two Khordad Front.Their opponents set up numerous Internet sites, and it turned into a real, bilateral propaganda war, so that the initiators of this propaganda war now feel great pressure from their rivals. A characteristic of Internet sites, because no regulations have yet been specified for them, is that they are capable of providing a platform for spreading rumours and falsehoods. This situation not only escalates the propaganda war between the factions, but also creates problems for the country, which can be very dangerous.
At present, dozens of Internet sites affiliated to rival political factions are in operation. As we approach the advent of the seventh parliamentary elections, the war of the websites is on the rise.
(BBC Monitoring)