National Information Network

The Supreme Council of Cyberspace of Iran defines the NIN as "a network based on the Internet Protocol with switches and routers and data centers which allows for data requests to avoid being routed outside of the country and provides secure and private intranet networks.

"[6] The idea of a national intranet was developed at the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology in 2005, and the project started in 2013.

[11] Iranian president Hassan Rouhani signed an engineering program in September 2020.[relevant?

[15] Iranian seventh quinquennial development program directed the Ministry of ICT to make it to 99% of the network within 5 five years.[when?

[20] In 2019, Mohammad Ali Movahedi Kermani in Tehran declared in a Friday prayer that Telegram is haram and requested the NIN to be implemented.