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Credit: Reuters/Google/handout SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The Iranian government plans to permanently suspend Google Inc's email service in the country, the Wall Street Journal reported on its website on Wednesday. World | Technology Google said it experienced a sharp drop in email traffic in Iran, and that some users in the country were having trouble accessing Gmail, but said its networks were working properly. The report comes as Iran braces for new opposition protests on Thursday during rallies marking the 1979 Islamic revolution. Protesters made use of modern networking tools such as Twitter and Gmail instant messaging last June after a disputed election plunged Iran into crisis. Google is already at loggerheads with China's government after it threatened to withdraw from the country last month over claims of online attacks and issues over censorship. Iran's telecommunications agency announced the suspension and said a national email service for Iranian citizens would soon be rolled out, the Wall Street Journal reported. Google reported a drop in email traffic, but did not confirm the Journal report. "We have heard from users in Iran that they are having trouble accessing Gmail," a Google spokesman wrote in an e-mail to Reuters. "We can confirm a sharp drop in traffic, and we have looked at our own networks and found that they are working properly." He added that Google supported free online communication, but "sometimes it is not within our control." There was no immediate comment from Tehran, where it was after midnight when the news broke. Opposition leaders have called on supporters to take to the streets on Thursday, raising the risk of renewed violence. The U.S. State Department could not confirm the report, but said any efforts to keep information from Iranians would fail. "While information technologies are enabling people around the world to communicate ... like never before, the Iranian government seems determined to deny its citizens access to information, the ability to express themselves freely, network and share ideas," State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley said. "Virtual walls won't work in the 21st century any better than physical walls worked in the 20th century." (Reporting by Gabriel Madway, Bill Rigby and Arshad Mohammed, editing by Gary Hill and Anthony Boadle) World Technology Comments See All Comments (24) | Post Comment Feb 10, 2010 4:15pm EST State controlled email…this is scary stuff. indoeboy Report As Abusive Feb 10, 2010 4:46pm EST Great way to create employment. I wonder if they’ll have enough employees to read all the email before it’s delivered or if they’ll screen it after the fact? tjm07 Report As Abusive Feb 10, 2010 4:54pm EST Sounds like a great way to monitor all email conversations of Iranian nationals and their correspondants. Then, if something “negative” is stated about the Government in an email that the Government deems derogatory, they can send out hitmen to kill off anyone opposed to their dictatorship. Mind control and fear tactics. itzsm00th Report As Abusive Feb 10, 2010 5:06pm EST 1984 in Iran, Big BROTHER, My God, what a shithole of a country with an asshole for a ruler. LarryKelley Report As Abusive Feb 10, 2010 5:07pm EST Allah gave man free will … Allah’s most fervent supports spend countless resources trying to take it away. Is it me, or does anyone else feel that religious people provide the most compelling proof that there is no god? JulsMan Report As Abusive Feb 10, 2010 5:12pm EST Censorship and stifling of free communication is more dangerous than WMD’s. It was the proliferation of communication technology and the resulting enlightnment of the population that eventually led to the downfall of the old Soviet Union and its empire. The Iranian government has apparently recognized the danger of free speech. This is very bad news, if true and I have no reason to doubt that they would do it, if they have the capability. tuff_sledding Report As Abusive Feb 10, 2010 5:13pm EST Welcome to the new iron curtain. Perhaps, given the context, we can call this “The Uranium Curtain”? :-? BillDShroyer Report As Abusive Feb 10, 2010 5:20pm EST I don’t blame any of this on the Creator… but I’ve got little use for the gods men make, no matter what name they call them by. (That includes God, Allah, Jehovah, Jesus,etc.) SpectreWriter Report As Abusive Feb 10, 2010 5:25pm EST the US were more intelligent … they created, in 1954, the NSA (National Security Agency – Known as Big Brother) to control the hole US (and then world) citizen’s communications ;) vympel Report As Abusive See All Comments (24) Add a Comment More from Reuters IMF offers to help Greece; EU disappoints markets MUMBAI (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund on Friday joined the European Union in pledging support for Greece in its struggle to bring its ballooning budget deficit under control and contain its debt crisis. | Video Toyota chief plans U.S. trip as Congress seeks answers | Video Asia shares up on EU Greece pledge, euro dips | Video Senators unveil long-awaited jobs bill Bill Clinton doing well after heart procedure Ex-Goldman programmer indicted over HFT code theft » More Top News Analysis: Policy fears dog China stocks Worries over China's next clampdown have jittery investors taking profits where they can and reluctant to hunt for bargains. 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