Iran has cut off access to the internet, leaving millions of people without access to e-mail and social networks.
An individual inside Iran confirmed on Friday that Gmail, Hotmail and Yahoo email are no longer available, and nor is Facebook. So far, the Iranian government has not made any announcement about the service interruption. However, cyber-sophisticated Iranians are still able to circumvent the situation by using proxy servers over VPN connections.
The Iranian noted that the government has cut off the internet during protests, and that anti-government protests are believed to be planned for Saturday. The anniversary of Iran's 1979 Islamic revolution is 11 February.
In January, the country's information minister told the Islamic Republic News Agency that a firewalled national internet would soon become operational. There was no word on when the government might plan to throw the switch on what essentially would be a vast intranet.
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