Iranian police arrest suspected VPN seller in Kerman

Iranian authorities have arrested a man accused of selling VPN services to more than 300 people, amid ongoing restrictions on access to the global internet.

The head of police in the southeastern province of Kerman said the suspect operated an organised network selling VPNs across multiple Iranian provinces to provide “unauthorised access to social media networks across the country and facilitate communication with hostile networks,” Caliber.Az reports, citing Iran International.

He added that the network’s activities have been shut down, describing them as illegal and a threat, amid the government’s ongoing internet blackout.

Iranian authorities have repeatedly targeted VPN services in an effort to tighten control over internet access.

By Bakhtiyar Abbasov