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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Via AP news wire

US allows tech firms to boost internet access in Iran

Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

The Treasury Department said Friday it was allowing American tech firms to expand their business in Iran, one of the most sanctioned countries in the world, to boost internet access for the Iranian people.

The Iranian government cut most internet access for its 80 million citizens during a crackdown on demonstrators protesting the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in the custody of Iran’s morality police.

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