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Iranians have a little more Internet access than a few days ago, but access is still highly restricted. Last week, the country imposed a block on SSL-based VPNs which, it seems, is still in place. Barring SSL/TLS traffic stopped Iranians from using the well-known TOR Project to bypass state censorship of Internet sites. In …

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  1. Winkypop Silver badge
    FAIL

    Religion and politics

    Always a dangerous mix.

    </my5cworth>

    1. Anonymous Coward
      Mushroom

      like sodium and water...

      But always fun to watch from a safe, very safe, distance.

  2. Anonymous Coward
    FAIL

    the wall

    history teaches us nothing. 40 years later, they'll come back to the world just like East Germany (DDR) did.

  3. Andy 97
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    "The more you tighten your grip, the more they will slip through your fingers..."

    </geek quote>

    *Admittedly slightly modified for the purposes of this post.

  4. Suburban Inmate
    Mushroom

    Iran used to be a secular democracy.

    But then the UK and USA stepped in.

    Rob Newman's "A History Of Oil in the 20th Century" comes highly reccomended.

  5. Mike Moyle

    I don't understand...

    Where are Anonymous, LulzSec, Assange™, et al...?

    Isn't this exactly the sort of stifling of free expression that they say they're against?

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