(MENAFN- AFP) The United States on Thursday lifted a ban on sales of communications equipment to Iranians and opened access to Internet services and social media, in a bid to help the Iranian people avoid government controls.
The US State Department said the action will allow Iranians to skirt "attempts to silence its people by cutting off their communication with each other and the rest of the world."
The decision immediately allowed US companies to begin selling computers, tablets, mobile phones, software, satellite receivers and other equipment for personal use to Iranians, after such sales had been banned under sweeping sanctions on the country.
Also allowed were the sales and free provision of Internet communications like instant messaging, chat and email, social networking, sharing of photos and movies, web browsing, and blogging, the US government said.
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