Iran's minister of communications says citizens of the country who desire to
use e-mail will have accounts given to them by the government.
Mohammad Hassan Nami did not say on July 8 whether the national e-mail
addresses would be mandatory, but his announcement comes one day after Iranian
state television reported the country now has its own domestic e-mail service.
The state television report said each Iranian would be assigned an e-mail
address using the Mail.post.ir domain.
It was not immediately clear if this meant introducing greater restrictions
on Internet use.
Nami said the national system would aid interaction between the state and the
people.
About half of Iran's population, 32 million out of 75 million, are Internet
users.
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