Blogs and websites have become an important campaign tool for Mir Hossein Mousavi, the leading reformist candidate, to mobilise Iran’s critical youth vote before the June 12 ballot.
Iranian authorities often block anything on the internet considered critical of the Islamic regime, but the timing of the latest move suggested it was done to target opponents of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Mohammed Ali Abtahi, a former vice president, said: “Facebook is one of the only independent sources that the Iranian… >>>
