Internet down in Iran ahead of planned protests

[Juha-Matti Laurio <juha-matti.laurio () netti fi>]

"Facing student protests ahead of today's National Students Day — the anniversary of three student deaths in Tehran in 
1953 — 
the state-owned Telecommunication Company of Iran (TCI) slowed or blocked completely access to the Internet for most of 
the state"

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,579687,00.html?test=latestnews

And it really happened:

Internet down in Iran ahead of planned protests:
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jw906Cv6D883WbI9z3qRoSj-XmNw

"TEHRAN — Most of the Iranian capital's Internet links with the outside world were down on Saturday,
two days ahead of planned demonstrations by opponents of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad."

Juha-Matti

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