Iran suspends Google's email service
Found on International Business Times on Tuesday, 09 February 2010
Iran's telecommunications agency announced that it would be suspending Google's email services permanently, saying it would roll out its own national email service.
An Iranian official said the measure was meant to boost local development of Internet technology and to build trust between people and the government, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Of course this new service will provide safety and anonymity from the dictator and his religious police so citizens in Iran can freely discuss all their political problems now that Gmail has moved to https by default, making eavesdropping hard.