close button
Switch to Iranwire Light?
It looks like you’re having trouble loading the content on this page. Switch to Iranwire Light instead.
Speaking of Iran

Meet the U.S. Defense Firm Supplying Iran’s Internet

November 2, 2015
Speaking of Iran
Meet the U.S. Defense Firm Supplying Iran’s Internet
Meet the U.S. Defense Firm Supplying Iran’s Internet

THE DAILY BEAST

BY SHANE HARRIS

A company that works for American spies and generals has quietly started providing Internet service to the Islamic Republic. What’s going on here?

Nestled in a suburban Washington, D.C., office park, across the street from a shopping mall, a technology company that counts the U.S. Defense Department as its biggest customer is charting out a new frontier: providing Internet service to Iran.

 

Link to the article

comments

Society & Culture

Poetry can be a Crime in Iran

October 31, 2015
Nargess Tavassolian
8 min read
Poetry can be a Crime in Iran