Iran appears to be pressing ahead with plans for a huge national Intranet. It could unhitch some of the country’s most vulnerable government systems from the Internet. It is no secret that the country is smack in the firing line of foreign intelligence agencies. The system being proposed sounds like a version of China’s great firewall with fewer points of ingress. It will also make it easier to control dissident communication within the country, forcing them to traverse infrastructure that can be monitored by the state.”]