High-ranking Iranian officials are openly using Facebook and Twitter, but for the general user population in Iran, access to these social networks continues to be blocked. According to a Kerman Province Judiciary statement, the Prosecutor for the General and Revolutionary Courts of Rafsanjan said yesterday that eight individuals have been arrested recently for publishing […]
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Iran To Mull Unblocking Social-Media Sites
Iran’s Ministry of Information and Communications Technology is to set up a working group to consider a decision on unblocking Facebook and Twitter. The ministry posted the announcement on its website on October 8. Information Minister Mahmud Vaezi was initially quoted on October 7 as saying Iran does not plan to unblock the popular […]