Persian language Wikipedia articles and found that the Iranian government blocks 963 of these pages. According to the authors, "Censors repeatedly targeted Wikipedia pages about government rivals, minority religious beliefs, and criticisms of the state, officials, and the police. Just under half of the blocked Wiki-pages are biographies, including pages about individuals the authorities have allegedly detained or killed." Anderson said that Persian Wikipedia, as a microcosm of the Iranian internet, is a "useful place to uncover the types of online content forbidden and an excellent template to identify keyword blocking themes and filtering rules that apply across the greater internet." On 2 March 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic in Iran, the Persian Wikipedia appears to be disrupted in Iran after the death of Mohammad Mirmohammadi, who was a close confidant to the country's Ali Khamenei. Gallery See also List of Wikipedias Tajik Wikipedia References External links Persian Wikipedia mobile version Wikipedia Persian-language websites Wikipedias by language