Internet down in Iran ahead of planned protests

[demoleft]

Source: afp/france 24

AFP - Most of the Iranian capital's Internet links with the outside world were down on Saturday, two days ahead of planned demonstrations by opponents of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

Sources close to Iran's technical services told AFP the cut was the result of "a decision by the authorities" rather than a technical breakdown, but telecommunications ministry officials were unavailable for comment.
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Iranian opposition groups are preparing to hold fresh demonstrations on Monday, several websites reported, as the nation marks the annual Students Day.

The elite Revolutionary Guards and other authorities have warned they will crack down on any attempt by regime opponents to hijack the event to mount further protests against Ahmadinejad.


Read more: http://www.france24.com/en/node/4941296

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expected.

[onehandle]

1. Iran = China. nt

[valerief]

2. Too bad they didn't have a Tiger Woods story to provide diversion like we do here.

The US doesn't have to shut down the internet. We're too stupid to know what we're missing anyway.

[dhpgetsit]

3. Does anyone still remember Fidonet and the other POTS based networks?

They still exist.

[dhpgetsit]

4. Actually Fidonet may be dead as a network although fidonet.org still exists.

:(

[Socal31]

5. So....

Any Imadinnerjacket apologists want to chime in here?