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John McCain calls Iranian president a “monkey” on Twitter

US Senator John McCain used his Twitter feed today to call Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad a "monkey." With the US government attempting diplomacy to prevent Iran from building a nuclear bomb, the former presidential...

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Monday, February 4th, 2013 Net News No Comments

Iran restores access to Gmail after week-long block

After a recent outage, Iran has unblocked Google's Gmail service. On Sunday, September 23, Iran blocked the site as a protest against the “Innocence of Muslims” video that had been posted to YouTube—itself a site that has...

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Monday, October 1st, 2012 Net News No Comments

Iran blocks Gmail, secure Google searches

Iran.ir launched a domestic e-mail service in September as a possible competitor to Gmail. Iran.ir On Sunday, Iranian officials announced the country would be blocking access to Google and Gmail in protest of the...

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Monday, September 24th, 2012 Net News No Comments

Iranian gov’t pays paramilitary hackers, bloggers to bring you Islamic Revolution 2.0

Hundreds of Iranians gathered recently for a Hizbollah Cyber conference in Tehran Hizbullah Cyber TALLINN, ESTONIA—Iran has significantly stepped up its use of corporate acquisitions, online propaganda, and hacking capabilities in recent years,...

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Wednesday, June 6th, 2012 Net News No Comments

Iran’s Web censorship filters supreme leader’s own statement

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s own words have now become a victim of Iran’s massive online censorship infrastructure. According to Radio Free Europe (RFE), last week Khamenei issued a “fatwa,” or religious...

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Wednesday, May 9th, 2012 Net News No Comments