Goring someone's ox
Off the top of my head, I'd guess that a bonyad controlled by some religious leaders owns a wireless phone company that wants to avoid competition.Iran’s first encounter with 3G technology chastised by Fatwa
Four grand ayatollahs issued a fatwa that strips Iran’s third mobile phone operator from its rights to use a new 3G mobile internet operator.
The fatwa was issued towards Iran’s mobile service provider, Rightel, which enables customers to use video calling and multi-media messaging technology. The service uses 3G technology which is Iranian’s first encounter with telecommunication expansion.
Iran’s conservative parliament and the four grand ayatollahs are working on shutting down the 3G operator.
Ayatollah Alavi Gorghani said providing this technology to the public would inflict damages on the country’s political and religion systems.
Another ayatollah said the 3G service Rightel is leading to corruption of Iranians rather than benefiting them.
“It will cause new deviances in our society, which is unfortunately already plagued with deviances,” said ayatollah Makarem-Shirazi…
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Labels: corruption, economics, Iran, politics
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