Iran Blocks Facebook To Silence Presidential Rival
With the Iranian Presidential election being held next month, a news outlet in Iran is reporting that the country has blocked access to Facebook to prevent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s rival from spreading his message. US reporters in the country’s capital, Tehran, back the claims that the site is inaccessible. An AFP report translates: Access to the Facebook site was prohibited several days ahead of the presidential election,” Ilna [Iranian Labour News Agency], considered close to Iranian reformists, said in reference to the June 12 vote. “According to certain Internet surfers, the site was banned because supporters of Mir Hossein Mousavi were using Facebook to better disseminate the candidate’s positions.” An employee of an Internet service provider who requested anonymity said the ministry of communications and information technology had announced the decision.
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