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Iran Suspends Google's Email Service

Posted by timothy on from the single-payer-system dept.

appl_iran writes "Iran's telecommunications agency announced that it would be suspending Google's email services permanently, saying it would roll out its own national email service." From the short WSJ article that is kernel of this Reuters story: "An Iranian official said the measure was meant to boost local development of Internet technology and to build trust between people and the government." Funny way to go about that. Updated 20100211 9:54GMT by timothy: Original link swapped for a more appropriate, updated one.

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  1. Maybe the problem is not mail by gmuslera · · Score: 4, Interesting

    is Buzz. Else they should be blocking every other web mail provider (hotmail, yahoo, etc)

    1. Re:Maybe the problem is not mail by CannonballHead · · Score: 4, Interesting

      Offhand, I don't know what sort of "deals" the other providers have made with Iran... e.g., maybe Yahoo already allows Iran's government access to e-mail or something like that? Perhaps Google didn't?

      Or perhaps gmail is the only significant webmail provider over there and the others have

    2. Re:Maybe the problem is not mail by antifoidulus · · Score: 3, Interesting

      A large part of it probably has to do with the upcoming UN hearings on sanctions on Iran. Iran does realize that Google and China, a permanent member of the UN security counsel, have had a pretty public spat recently. But singling out gmail they are hoping that they will curry favor with the Chinese, and further persuade them not to vote for sanctions.

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  2. Build trust? I guess that makes sense. by hey! · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Once the government is managing all your communications, they'll finally be able to trust you.

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  3. Re:Well of course by Grishnakh · · Score: 4, Interesting

    No, because the UN is run by countries like Iran, Sudan, Libya, etc., who even hold high positions in their "council on human rights". It's like the fox guarding the henhouse.

    How can you have an organization pushing for human rights and freedoms when many of its members completely oppose such things?