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US Virtual Iranian Embassy Goes Online, Immediately Blocked: AP

On Dec. 8th, 2011, the Washington Post carried an AP news report that the Iranian government has already blocked a virtual US embassy set up to reach the residents of Iran.  The site was online for just a few hours before it was blocked.  The article cited an Iranian lawmaker who believes that the site was just a “new deception by the Great Satan.”

Below is a video from Secretary of State Hilary Clinton.  The video greets visitors to the virtual embassy.

 

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