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Iran To Shut Down Google Email, Will Launch National Email Service
First China is dumping our toxic stocks, now Iran is dumping our email services. And the proverbial Iran "punch" has yet to come (scheduled for tomorrow, February 11).
More from the WSJ:
Iran's telecommunications agency announced what it described as a permanent suspension of Google Inc.'s (GOOG) email services, saying a national email service for Iranian citizens would soon be rolled out.
It wasn't clear late Wednesday what effect the order had on Gmail services in Iran. Iranian officials in the past have claimed technological advances that they haven't been able to execute.
Google didn't have an immediate comment about the announcement.
An Iranian official said the measure was meant to boost local development of Internet technology and to build trust between people and the government. The measure was announced on the eve of the culmination of celebrations to mark the 31st anniversary of the Islamic Republic.
Competing plans for progovernment and antigovernment demonstrations have set the stage for clashes between authorities and opposition protesters, who have taken to the streets repeatedly since contested presidential elections in June.
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White House announces specifics of newest Iran freeze http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35329028/ns/world_news-mideastn_africa/
Iran blocks gmail. Offers competing email service.
Google stock (GOOG) unchanged.
oh the irony..
"As the IRGC consolidates control over broad swaths of the Iranian economy, displacing ordinary Iranian businessmen in favor of a select group of insiders, it is hiding behind companies like..."
Oh drat! I have all my money in Khatam al-Anbiya!
currently reading: http://thenext-crisis.blogspot.com/... this pales in comparison to real crisis!
Amazing how I'm redirected once again to iamned.com, why are you hiding behind shell links?
Big deal, it's not like google was charging for it. The 1979 revolution WILL be rewritten tomorrow, the opposition will storm the parliment or something of that magnitude.
Btw, they've been trying to "punch" for 31 yrs!!
Oh, how I would love to see a screen shot of the Iranian email system. I bet it's lovely.
Bite your tongue infidel!
http://email.about.com/library/ec/pi/blpi_pine.htm
It'll look just like that but you forgot the gay porn banner along the top
OMG! i remember early(ish) web and using Pine mail. That was, what, around the mid to late 1980's?
lol
Tomorrow they will bring out their own iPad. Boom!
...available in tablet and scroll versions
... with 24 years of battery life (Plutonium battery pack not replaceable though)
IPad = I(ranian)Pad = a yellow sponge
They got Jimmy Carter on the kisser though....And thus unleashed Ronald Reagan.
Iran, STFU. Unless you have a gay sex tape of Ben Bernanke, you can just go pound sand.
While I understand the sentiment, that was not a mental image I needed...
If they had that tape (children is better), I may need to change religions. I would count Iran as a savior.
Aww crap....next thing you know Bernanke will be raising interest rates!
Tomorrow is the big day! It feels like Christmas, I can not wait to see what happens.
Google is a CIA front op, so Iran just got the memo a la china I presume.
I love this quote, "An Iranian official said the measure was meant to boost local development of Internet technology and to build trust between people and the government."
They should head to the office of the BLS.. and give them some tips!
Looks to me like the BLS gave them tips.
Haha... right. I couldn't imagine anything that would make me trust the government more than them developing their own email system and then forcing me to use it.
Is this their idea of shock the world? Gimmee a break. These third world countries are only hurting themselves and priming the pump for a revolution.
Is the US a third world country yet?
No, that's tomorrow.
No, that was so last year.
This year we become part of the repressive theocratic Islamic Ummah.
The new email system will be supplied by Chinese programmers... with appropriate back doors
By having their own email system (and requiring that it be used) they get to collect and read all the email that pass through it.
Way useful, that.
"An Iranian official said the measure was meant to ... build trust between people and the government."
Code for: All your message are belong to us.
cougar
Just like the NSA does here (hi guys!)
In fact, it would not surprise me in the slightest if one day it turned up that the NSA planted the thought-seeds for the Iranians to do this. The NSA would have a much easier time branching the Iranian mail system than Google's, and without any of the downside. Now if they could just get the Saudis to do the same ... we'd be gold.
special agent cougar
They don't read your email. Content isn't just irrelevant, it's actually detrimental to building a picture. Focusing on individual pieces of communication is too complex and there's too much noise.
What matters is WHO you email and who emails you. Patterns...
Actually, the NSA et al monitors a lot more than your headers ... see http://lettersfrommrsunshine.blogspot.com/2009/05/if-you-watch-televisio...
Google is Skynet.
Not yet but they're working on it... (semantic web)
and their corporate HQ is in a state governed by the Terminator...whoa
That's what GOOG gets for not being evil.
Iran's "Punch": the surprise introduction by Mahmoud "Steve" Ahmadinejobs, on stage in black turtleneck and blue jeans, of the iQuiran, which is a combination e-Book reader, computer, Islamic terrorist "cell" phone, and prayer rug (with onboard compass).
Amazon and Barnes & Noble stock will fall in overnight trading.
Nice. Although, I think they'll say something more material than what is being joked around here.
Wrong. Nothing could be more material than the iQuiran. That is solid gold right there.
"the Punch" is going to be something incredibly lame or else they would not have been forced to pre-announce. They need to brush up on their marketing skillz.
cougar
So you're saying the "punch" is some kind of Kool-aide?
Loading the NYT homepage will take ages though, censors have to black-bar subversive words and woman's body parts first. (although I'm sure they will let 3rd parties develop apps for that.)
Will Iran corner the pork bellies market? OMG!
now iran can do what the usa does read all the local mail ..
iran the great scape goat for our own failures our own hubris ..
shine the light over their ,, not here on the piles and piles of unmitegated crapola... in our own back yard piles of spit
+10
Can I ask a serious question (altholugh I thoroughly enjoyed the iQuiran...Ingenious !
Anyone believe Iran is going to set off a nuke tomorrow ?
And tpo all the intelligent mind here, does that equal Market crash ??
Edumacate me, please.
http://www.juancole.com/
"Meanwhile, Iran's political opposition is calling for big demonstrations on Thursday, the anniversary of the Islamic Revolution of 1979.
Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei addressed Air Force officers on Monday, recalling the key role this branch of the armed services had played in largely going over to Imam Khomeini and spurning the shah or king.
According to Kayhan writing in Persian, Khamenei said that the enemies of the Islamic Revolution and the instruments of imperialism and Zionism are unable to perceive the reasons for the endurance and spiritual power of the Islamic Revolution. He called for unity on the anniversary of the revolution and dismissed protesters as agents of the US, the UK and "Zionism." Defeating what he sees as a US-funded and instigated fifth column in his movement is what he meant by dealing the West a 'stunning blow.'
The regime's rigidity and conspiratorial mindset prevent reconciliation with the political opposition, which genuinely believes that Ahmadinejad stole the election last summer."
`1. Iran has no home-made nukes (whether they bought some from Russia after the USSR collapsed is a different issue)
2. Iran has no interest in setting off nukes right now (and maybe not ever). Even if they get nukes, the purpose would be to deter invasions/regime change/etc. Launching a single nuke would be suicide, and they know it (and, contrary to all the crap you read, their regime is rational, and they want to survive).
So the answer is no, Iran will not set off anything tomorrow.
+10
The middle east / US invasion rule: you must have oil and not have nukes. If either element is altered, we leave you alone...no matter how much "terrorism" you sponsor.
the purpose of nukes and consequent bragging and tough talk to west would be to consolidate domestic support...not that that is the only thing it will ever be used for...
I wouldn't rule it out. I put the odds at <10% of something that dumb but >60% of some other very stupid thing.
They could also do something very damaging without using nukes, such as firing missiles at Saudi Aramco's oil facilities (causing massive release of toxic chemicals) and/or sinking a tanker to block off the Strait of Hormuz, cutting off Middle Eastern oil supplies for months.
Unlikely.
If they find a way to pull off something extremely damaging and ingenious (a few of which are remotely possible but which I will not post here for obvious reasons), that would negatively impact the market. But then we'd have bigger things to worry about.
If they cut off Persian Gulf oil shipments (such as with a Hormuz blockage), that will have a big impact on oil prices.
If they simply fire missiles at Israel and/or their neighbors (the most likely scenario IMO) and force the US to go to war, that's likely to be a net positive for the market -- more military spending could help the economy (as it did when WWII finally ended the Great Depression).
Then again, if Obama has any sense, a "War with Iran" will start with one big nuke over Teheran, which would make the war very fast indeed.
Thank you all for the great answers, Just want to tell you even though I lurk, I really appreciate the common sense, intelligence and humor here everyday, you are a great bunch of people.
"Then again, if Obama has any sense, a "War with Iran" will start with one big nuke over Teheran, which would make the war very fast indeed."
Population of Teheran is 12 MILLION people. Would you make that decision?
Launch a satellite maybe? That would be interesting ..
who gives a crap what email they use
why is this news
Go to CNBC.com, they tell you when something is important, no thinking required.
It's news because it proves that Iran is getting that much nuttier, and it will be that much harder for us to snoop on them.
+1 best of breed
I was told this AM by the persian guy who own the gas station I use that he has been unable to email or call his brother in Tehran. Now we know why he was unable to email.
We will see what they roll out tomorrow.
"Punch" and Counter-punch
Leading clerics all to protest. Catch all the day's action via Twitter and YouTube on Sullivan's site (best Iran coverage on the Internet).
http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2010/02/waiting-for...
Cryptography will become the new national sport.
It's very hard to implement cryptography properly.
It's even harder to prevent sniffers.
That's why it's called a sport.
http://spectrum.ieee.org/telecom/internet/vice-over-ip-the-voip-steganog...
Well, I have a friend who works as an analyst for 'the company' (which is coded language for the CIA, for those in the know--but I've revealed too much already!) who tells me that the much vaunted 'punch' do to be delivered tomorrow is a counterblow to the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition, something of a exposition of Persian beauty. Well, we'll have to see if their national gene pool has the goods that it takes. This could shape up to be quite a epic and tantalizing international tête–à–tête!
Bring it, Iranian lovelies! Make Darius and Xerxes proud, and we'll all feel a little warmer from the glistening competition.
So we're actually gonna see some ankle under that Burqa?
http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A9G_bDupP3NLtmMAI3qJzbkF;_ylu=X3oDMTBpdnJhMHUz...
Yeeeeeeeeeeeeahhh--Iranians will REALLLLY trust an internet service run by the Iraniian Mullahs---
About as worthless as putting a screen door on a submarine...glug, glug, glug.
Uhhh... why just gmail. Are they going to shut down all web email services or pretend people won't just switch to yahoo or any of the hundreds of others available?
Just heard from my sources overseas, and this is BIG: the Iranian franchisees of Denny's will announce a free "Grand Imam Slam" breakfast giveaway tomorrow. Apparently "slam" was wrongly translated as "punch."
LOL
Based on these latest technological developments, I think tomorrow they'll be announcing the new way to write their country: "iRan."
We are determined to repel crusader forces and their arrogance, to liberate the land of
the Muslims, to apply sharia law and cleanse the world of infidels.
That's dengerous, if other countries have the same ideas and eliminate Google, not to mention start brewing their own coffee, make their burgers, stop buing iPhones our GDP will nosedive!
Ahmadinejad can go fuck a goat.
I hope they do something stupid. I've been itching for a fight with them for 31 years.
yeah ! like you will be on the front line getting your own ass shot at.
If Iran does something truly stupid, I don't think we'll need to worry about a conventional ground war.
we started it when our CIA, factually admitted, took out their nationalistic but not religously strident leader Mossadeq and put in the repressive Shah...how would you feel if back then someone took out Ike and propped up McCarthy instead...not that their reaction was right or excusable ...but it did not happen in a vaccuum...I wonder if we never had messed with Mossadeq, never supported the Shah, what would Iran be like now?...probably a lot better for Iranians and they would be a lot less hostile towards us...
Big deal, it's not like google was charging for it. The 1979 revolution WILL be rewritten tomorrow, the opposition will storm the parliment or something of that magnitude.
currently reading: http://www.iamned.com... this pales in comparison to real crisis!
I've got a guess on the "punch."
Iran has secretly produced through genetic engineering a new species of banker with even more delusional manic charisma and sociopathic charm and has been sneaking them into Harvard for the last 10 years. They accomplished this by transgenics, producing a banker whose liver produces a natural, constant endogenous supply of cocaine.
Goodluck enforcing that shit Amha douka jima whatever who gives a shit.
I've never enjoyed and LAUGHED at comments more than these ones here for this piece of news.
BRAVO EVERYBODY!!
agreed...people are f-ing funny
Iranian monkeys-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7X0OrzLpEM
don't devalue the monkeys please
My guess is that they will announce that they have a national missile shield to discourage fly overs (technology from China or Russia).
A.N.
Iran to sell off all US$ denominated assets and only accept oil payments in the yuan.
would'nt be surprised.
Informed Comment
It is a trick of the Washington Establishment to scare apparently easily frightened Americans into a conviction that some small, poor, third world country is a dire threat to the most massively funded and armed military in the world. Repeating falsehoods is one way the Big Lie is implanted, that then allows US belligerence to be unquestioned at home.
juancole.com
iran will be opening a starbucks franchise ... next to macdonalds .. with an all you can eat taco place on the corner ...
this will be known as the liberator of the masses ,
nuke starbucks or macdonalds not a chance .. a quite piece settles over iran ,, they have succumed to the flavors of the west .. the great battle will between starbucks and the hamburger joint to see who sells the most coffee,
and if the taco place will do five for a Iranian rial (IRR
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