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Barack Obama condemns Iran for creating 'electronic curtain'
President Barack Obama has condemned Iran for the creation of an "electronic curtain" which stops the free flow of information and ideas into the country. Speaking to the Iranian people in a video released to mark Nowruz, the Persian new year, the president announced the issuance of new guidelines "to make it easier for American businesses to provide software and services into Iran that will make it easier for the Iranian people to use the internet"."America seeks a dialogue to hear your views and understand your aspirations," he said. This will be achieved by establishing greater access to the internet for Iranian citizens. A Gallup poll showed that 81 per cent of Americans favour direct dialogue with Iran rather than military action. Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei hit back at international critics on Tuesday. In a Nowruz broadcast on state television, he vowed a forceful response to any military strike from either Israel or America. The Ayatollah also responded to growing concerns that Iran is operating a programme to develop nuclear weapons. "We have said that we do not have atomic weapons and we will not build any. But if there is any attack by the enemies, whether it be the United States or the Zionist regime, we will attack them at the same level as they attack us," he said. Posted by: tipper 2012-03-20 |
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