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Facebook and Twitter said to be unblocked in Iran Sep 17th 2013, 02:04 Tweet Share this Email Print The Facebook logo is pictured at the Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, California January 29, 2013. Credit: Reuters/Robert Galbraith By Gerry Shih SAN FRANCISCO | Mon Sep 16, 2013 9:35pm EDT SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook and Twitter became widely accessible to Iranian users on Monday for the first time since 2009, when the services were blocked in the midst of widespread protests against former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, according to reports emerging from the country. Reporters in Tehran for the New York Times and the Washington Post both said on Twitter that they could access the service freely on Monday. Jillian York, the director for international freedom of expression at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a civil liberties organization, said she had received multiple reports from citizens using several different Iranian Internet service providers confirming that the bans appeared to have been lifted. "Some other blocked sites are reporting themselves unblocked - the National Iranian American council is reporting themselves unblocked as well," York said, referring to a U.S.-based nonprofit group. Iranian authorities blacked out Facebook and Twitter in the summer of 2009, when Ahmadinejad's disputed re-election victory sparked massive protests that gained momentum with the help of organizers using social media. The administration of the new president, the moderate cleric Hassan Rouhani who took office last month, has signaled - on social media, no less - that it will adopt a much different tack from that of its hardline predecessor. Marking the Jewish New Year earlier this month, Rouhani and Foreign Minister Javad Zarif wrote on their Twitter accounts to wish Jews a happy Rosh Hashanah. No Iranian government statement about loosening the restrictions was reported on Monday. (Additional reporting by Alexei Oreskovic; Editing by Mohammad Zargham) Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. For more information on our comment policy, see http://blogs.reuters.com/fulldisclosure/2010/09/27/toward-a-more-thoughtful-conversation-on-stories/ Comments (0) Be the first to comment on reuters.com. Add yours using the box above.

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