I don't actually like the NedaNet name, and we're going to be changing it soon, since there's an American company with the name already. If I had to say our principal belief, it'd be something like "working to keep communication open, secure, and anonymous", or something like that.

I think I address this in http://emsenn.com/SoIC.pdf but if not, here it is again: Iran has a lot less to lose by cutting Internet. Businesses there treat Internet as a luxury, not a necessity the way companies here or in Asia do.

Full disclosure: Haystack is not a NedaNet project. There are a lot of differences in how NedaNet and Media Access International (the organization behind Haystack) handle their projects, based on different opinions and philosophies when it comes to keeping the communication open and secure. --emsenn, project coordinator, NedaNet (http://emsenn.com)