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Yahoo to Cut Service in Iran
- The Huffington Post, Friday, May 2, 2014 5:36 PM
Yahoo! has pulled its email platform from Iran, and will no longer allow people living in the country to create new email accounts. The move comes as Iran is facing a number of sanctions from the U.S. However, free email accounts are exempt from these laws set out by The State Department. This is a large blow to the country, in which more than 63 percent of the Internet population uses Yahoo as their primary email provider.
