November 7, 2007
2:07 pm
Yahoo! and Microsoft have removed Iran from the country lists of their webmail services as stronger US sanctions against the Islamic republic begin to bite.
Google has kept Iran as an option on the Gmail registration page, however.
The US administration stepped up economic pressure on Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s eccentric government less than two weeks ago.
A Yahoo! spokeswoman told The Reg: “Yahoo! continually reviews its business operations to ensure compliance with these restrictions. Consistent with this policy, we cannot accept registrations from countries subject to these restrictions.
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