I received this image from a friend who hasn’t given me a source, well, not yet. But, I am assuming that the information is coming from inside Iran.
if you happen to live in Iran “Forbidden Country”, you won’t be able to download information or at least certain information from Google - Note: This is not IR’s censorship, but Google’s - read more
By the way, you may be interested to know that many porn sites are accessed from “Qom” in Islamic Republic - Qom is considered to be a holy city in Shia Islam. The city is the largest center for Shi’a scholarship in the world, and is a significant destination of pilgrimage.
Any wonder why IR’s Foreign Minister prefers to ogle the female violinist rather than pay attention to important Iran and world matters being discussed?
Updated - Here is more on net censorship - Shareholders ask Google to counteract foreign ‘net censorship:
Snip from a post on the Wired News blog Threat Level:
The custodian of five major public pension funds in New York City will formally request next month that Google take steps to counteract internet censorship in foreign countries with authoritarian government such as China, Egypt and Iran, according to Google’s proxy statement for its annual meeting of stockholders on May 10.
Also, if you want to bypass and download programs and applications using Google code from Iran, use this tool called TOR HERE
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Warm Regards
Biby Cletus - Blog
Plateau jan
The regime has made it so difficult and frustrating for the Iranians to use the Internet. Not only have they banned many great informative sites, they have also made it so slow that unless you are very determined to connect to the Internet you would just give up.
Dear biby: Thanks for visiting and your comment.
ardeshir jan, I thought this Google ban was initiated by Google not the IR regime though?
haha, That’s so funny. Quom is the capital of porno viewers…
You mean the Guardian article? I had a look thru it, still very busy with work and don’t have time to read other stuff.
I hear there is lots of in-fighting going on between various factions of IR…
i am a visual artist. this summer i will be in iran. i would like to make a video on prostitution in iran. do you have a contact for me?