Closing down print newspapers has not provided the
results in Iran that authorities had desired. Through the
Internet, despite heavy censorship elsewhere, Iranians have
continued to be informed by genuine news. Although authorities
may try to deprive Iranians of news by censoring
the Internet, it is more likely that targeting weblogs and news
sites will instead push Iranians towards creating more sites
and turning to foreign news services. But if Iranians are in
fact effectively cut off from legitimate news sources, the rift
between the people and the government will widen, allowing
the government apparatus to unify and exacerbating the
current crises of affairs in the country.