Iran cuts off access to Internet

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Iran cuts off access to Internet
By John Callaham

The government of Iran has reportedly cut off all outside access to the Internet. News.com reports that an unnamed Iranian citizen has confirmed that services such as Hotmail, Gmail and Yahoo Mail are no longer working. However some citizens in that country are able to access the net via VPN connections.

So far Iran's government has yet to mention anything about this move but some speculate that the government decided to pull the plug from the Internet ahead of Saturday, February 11. That's the anniversary date of Iran's 1979 revolution that put the current government in power and there's word that anti-government forces might decide to use the date to hold mass protests against the government and its leaders.

In May there were reports that Iran might try to establish its own version of the Internet that would be heavily censored and firewalled off from the rest of the world's Internet access. The country's government has also claimed it has been the victim of various cyber attacks in the past. If the country's leaders do decide to block off access to the outside world and launch their own Internet service it could spell trouble for any citizens who want to oppose the government's actions.

 

[bigheadrell2]

good post Mr.Shiz

 

[UncleSam]

That is so fucked up

 

[glcon]

Thank god! I don't stay in Iran/ now or never

 

[DJboutit]

That means any web host in Iran is gone to dam this is just as bad as North Korea saying no to all cellphone use

 

[YouCantStopWhatImThinking]

those guys are a laugh a min. satan lives in the internet

 

[rko]

its a stupid move indeed
but nothing compared to those horrible rules they have in there
its just sad too see such dumb countries exists

 

[TLK]

sucks to be Iranians.

 

[barrix]

Damn No more free internet. Sucks be in that country.

 

[sane_i]

what do u expect from national socialistic gov ? oO

 

[LEVAC109]

Looks like there will be private internets in the future, US Internet, UK Internet, China Internet etc.

 

[okpaa]

thanks iran

 

[Shahrukh]

Good JOB!

 

[SuicidalMedia]

Shahrukh,
I don't see how is that good job, just imagine how many people from Iran have lost contact with their friends and co-workers. Horrible move.

 

[Mutikasa]

so, there will be no more iranians on WJ?

 

[zdorian]

mega idiots

 

[m107]

Yes guys, I am from Iran.
it is 48 hours that we have not access to any https websites!
Including but not limited to gmail, google search, yahoo....

 

[m107]

BTW, they didnt started the project completely, we still have access to internet.
for example I am doing most of my work from remote desktop.

You know whats funny? They even closed ssh protocols from 2 months ego!!!

 

[ibby]

it kinda makes sense right now because of the huge cyberattack war going on with israeil and sudi and em

 

[m107]

No no, its not for cyber attack. its all political, they dont want to ppl out of the Iran know whats happening here.
Also they dont want ppl here contact with each others in major cities.

2 year ego, they even closed sms in capital (Tehran) for more than 2 moths!!!