Iran unblocks Gmail service after politicians complain
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October 2, 2012, Tuesday
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IRANIAN authorities have reopened access to Google Inc's e-mail service a week after blocking it, a government official and Iranians said yesterday.
The block on Gmail had even prompted complaints in parliament.
"The council on Internet filtering communicated its order to the Telecommunications Ministry regarding the lifting of the ban on the Gmail service," Mohammad Reza Aghamiri, a member of the committee, told the Mehr news agency.
Iranians contacted online said they had been able to access Gmail again since Sunday night.
An official had announced on September 23 that Gmail would be blocked throughout Iran "until further notice," without giving further details.
Iranian news agencies said the ban was connected to an anti-Islam film posted on Google's video hosting site YouTube that caused outrage throughout the Muslim world.
Iran has long blocked YouTube, but users appeared to have been getting around the block. Many Iranians circumvent Internet restrictions with virtual private network, or VPN, software that makes their computer appear to be located in another country.
Despite the official announcement warning Iranians that Gmail would be blocked, Aghamiri had said last week that it had been an unintended consequence of an attempt to reinforce the block on YouTube.
The block on Gmail had even prompted complaints in parliament.
"The council on Internet filtering communicated its order to the Telecommunications Ministry regarding the lifting of the ban on the Gmail service," Mohammad Reza Aghamiri, a member of the committee, told the Mehr news agency.
Iranians contacted online said they had been able to access Gmail again since Sunday night.
An official had announced on September 23 that Gmail would be blocked throughout Iran "until further notice," without giving further details.
Iranian news agencies said the ban was connected to an anti-Islam film posted on Google's video hosting site YouTube that caused outrage throughout the Muslim world.
Iran has long blocked YouTube, but users appeared to have been getting around the block. Many Iranians circumvent Internet restrictions with virtual private network, or VPN, software that makes their computer appear to be located in another country.
Despite the official announcement warning Iranians that Gmail would be blocked, Aghamiri had said last week that it had been an unintended consequence of an attempt to reinforce the block on YouTube.
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