Foreign Email Hosts Prohibited In Iran

[IranZamin]

Foreign Email Hosts Prohibited In Iran


Iran's Minister of Communications and Technology has announced a ban on the use of foreign email services such as Yahoo and Gmail in order to "protect information security.
The Mehr News Agency reports that Minister Reza Taghipour released a letter addressed to Mohammad Karampour, the head of the Radio Communications and Regulations Organization, saying that public emails are "tools of transferring information out of the country." Therefore, foreign email hosts such as Yahoo, Gmail, Hotmail and MSN are now forbidden for use in Iran.

The list of domestic email service providers should be posted and kept up to date for public use, the minister writes.

According to the minister, all government offices, private sector companies, universities and higher education organizations can use domestic email.

 

[ihealugo]

but it's for bank accounts and other personal information like yoy ID etc ...
you can use those emails for personal use.

 

[somebozo]

Iran is a late arrival on this scene..sensitive government institutions are not supposed to use public email services!

 

[SOHEIL]

GOOD WORK !

 

[Awesome]

What Iran should be working on is ensuring its Internet does not face blockade in the near future. It should secure dedicated networks to route its external traffic through allies.

 

[Surenas]

Death to the dictators.