Iranian government has invested more than $1 billion to improve national cyber capabilities. Iranian Government is facing with international sanctions and internal dissents against central administration. The surveillance of web has became in short time a priority for Iran that could count on the cooperation of China, one of the nations to have greater experience in the field of media monitoring. The international community is convinced that Iran is one of most advanced country in cyber offense matter, it obvious to imagine that that potential could be directed against hostile countries.”]
Source: http://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/5249/intelligence/a-picture-of-the-iran-threat.html