News Center _ What is known as “Internet Pro” in Iran has sparked widespread controversy in recent days, after many considered it a step toward entrenching discrimination in access to digital services. This plan comes at a time when fears are growing over the widening digital gap between segments of society.

With increasing criticism of the plan to grant special internet access to certain unions and groups, many unions and professional organizations in Iran have officially announced their opposition to receiving the class-based internet service known as “Internet Pro.”

In a statement, the Semnan Bar Association described the plan as contradicting the basic principles of law and social justice, warning that separating citizens' access to the internet will exacerbate social gaps and discrimination in the enjoyment of public rights. The association affirmed that free and equal access to the internet is an integral part of citizenship rights and cannot be turned into a special privilege for a limited group.

The Isfahan Bar Association expressed its strong opposition to the plan, stating that accepting any special privileges in internet access contradicts the principle of equality among citizens before the law and conflicts with the nature of the legal profession. It affirmed that lawyers, as defenders of rights and justice, cannot enjoy privileges that the majority of society is deprived of.

Meanwhile, the Iranian Nursing Organization had previously announced that it would not seek any special privileges for its members until free and unrestricted access to the international internet is provided to the general public in Iran. The organization rejected the so‑called class‑based internet access, stressing the need for equality in the use of communications and information infrastructure.

The Iranian Graphic Designers Association, in cooperation with lawyers, described the plan as unjust and announced that it considers this approach discriminatory in principle. Therefore, in order to provide clarity and information about the current situation, it has adopted a limited mechanism for recording potential requests from members, noting that inequality in internet access hinders the professional activities of a wide segment of the creative community and cultural activists.

This announcement comes amid widespread angry reactions from users, civil society activists, and trade unions in recent weeks due to the class‑based internet plan. Critics say that allocating free, high‑quality internet to selected groups will not only entrench restrictions on the general public but will also create a system of digital discrimination that increases inequality in access to information, communications, and job opportunities. With these objections spreading, the resistance of trade unions to accepting special communication privileges seems to have become one of the new axes of protest against restrictive internet policies in Iran.