Iran could allow Internet giants such as Google to operate in the Islamic Republic if they respect its “cultural” rules, the semi-official Fars news agency says, quoting a senior official.
“We are not opposed to any of the entities operating in global markets who want to offer services in Iran,” Deputy Telecommunications and Information Technology Minister Nasrollah Jahangard tells Fars.
“We are ready to negotiate with them and if they accept our cultural rules and policies they can offer their services in Iran,” he says.
Jahangard says Iran is “also ready to provide Google or any other company with facilities” that could enable them to provide their services to the region.
Forty million people out of a population of around 78 million use the Internet in Iran.
Authorities regularly block access to networks including Facebook, YouTube and Twitter since protests against the disputed 2009 re-election of hardline president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
— AFP
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