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Google Earth Upsets Iran

We no longer have to worry only about what President Bush will say to provoke the nuclear-arms seeking Iranian government. Google’s thrown its hat into the ring too!

Iran Likely To Block Internet Access For Election

The Iranian government has plans to block private access to the Internet for the general legislative election on March 14, Iranian news agencies are reporting.The reasoning behind the shutting down of the Internet was inconsistent. "Shutting down the Internet service will depend on security plans and on the Ministry of Telecommunication," said Mostafa Pourmohammadi, the interior minister.

Iranian Web Editor Jailed

The managing editor of a conservative Iranian Web site was arrested for "poisoning the election atmosphere," a Tehran general prosecutor said.In a blog post on the Nosazi (Renovation) Web site, Hossein Nobakhtian took the grandson of Ayatollah Khomeini to task for going against the legacy of the founder of Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution. The post attacked Hassan Khomeini for not agreeing with hardliners and their decision to not include moderates on a list of candidates for the March 14 parliamentary elections.

Thankfully, There's YouTube

Who knows how it happened. Maybe the stars aligned. Maybe somebody hacked the system. Maybe whoever's in charge of the images that appear on the giant video screens in the middle of an Iranian street is about to be in big, big trouble.

Yahoo, Microsoft Cut Email Services In Iran

Yahoo and Microsoft have taken Iran off the country lists of their email services as the U.S. has imposed tougher sanctions on the Islamic country.

Iran's Google Block An "Error"

The rapidly spreading story about Iran's censorship of Google and Gmail now has to compete with another story: that of Iran undoing the blocking at its ISPs.

Iran Bans Western Web Sites

Iran yesterday blocked a number of top Web sites. Among them are YouTube, Web encyclopedia, Wikipedia and Amazon.com. Other sites that are being censored are the online movie database IMBD.com, news services like the New York Times and BBC Farsi.

Google Video Raises Iran's Ire

Forget the much-hyped competition between Google and its corporate rivals. Microsoft and Yahoo may have deep pockets, but the search engine giant's newest enemy may have nukes. The Iranian government has taken issue with a film on Google Video that apparently calls the nation's borders into question.

Iran Free To Begin Talks With WTO

Today, the World Trade Organization (WTO) agreed to start talks with Iran about it becoming a member, now that the United States has put an end to its longstanding veto.

Iran to India Pipeline May See Existence By 2009

A natural gas pipeline running from Iran to India may be ready by the end of 2009 depending on if an agreement is reached with Tehran.