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Iran:Facebook and Twitter Blocked Again

Written byFarid

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Posted 17 September 2013 20:42 GMT

Internet users in Iran lost access Tuesday to Facebook and Twitter. Several bloggers and news sites reported Facebook and Twitter became widely accessible to Iranian users on Monday, Sept 16, for the first time since 2009.Iranian officials dismissed the episode as a technical glitch.

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