Iranian parliament passes bill on information security cooperation with Russia
The representatives of the Islamic Council of Iran (Majlis) approved a draft agreement on cooperation in the field of information security between the governments of the Islamic Republic and Russia.
Members of Parliament voted on this agreement in a public meeting on Sunday, December 10, 2023, and the terms of the agreement were approved with 180 votes in favour, 27 votes against, and 10 abstentions out of a total of 229 representatives present in the meeting.
According to a report by Ilna news agency, the representatives also endorsed the report of the National Security and Foreign Policy Commission on this bill.
Abolfazl Amoui, the spokesman of the Parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Committee, said that this bill is "an opportunity to show Iran's capability in the matter of information security."
He added, "There is common ground for cooperation between the two countries because when cyber attacks take place and threats are made against one country in cyberspace, it is considered as a common threat in this bill."
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The member of parliament did not give details about "cyberspace threats against the country", but in recent years, the authorities of the Islamic Republic have considered social networks as a threat to the ideological fabric of the Islamic Republic and have restricted access to these networks during popular protests.
Iran, Russia, and China have always been condemned by the Western governments for carrying out cyber attacks on the infrastructures of governmental and non-governmental organizations of foreign countries.
Claudia Plattner, the head of Germany's Federal Office for Information Security (BSI), warned in July of this year about the growing dangers of cyber attacks by Iran, Russia, and China against the country.
It appears that legislative measures are being taken in advance of joint venture projects designed to bolster the position of Iran and Russia in cyberspace.
