International site “Yandex” has come under lock in Iran. The Russian Embassy in Tehran, explained that, according to the Iranian side, using a search engine can be found which do not conform to Islamic values data
The international version of the search engine “Yandex» (yandex.com) was among the blocked sites in Iran. As learned “Kommersant”, the head of the Ministry of Communications Nikolay Nikiforov, raised the issue of unlocking during his visit to Tehran.
Data on the site confirmed the blocking of the press attache of the Russian Embassy in Iran Maxim Suslov. “The Iranian side said that there is information that does not meet their values. Although yandex.ru works “, – the diplomat said. He explained that the decision to lock resources in Iran takes a special service. At the same time, he said, many people use VPN-servers, allowing them to bypass the restrictions.
The interlocutor of the newspaper close to the government, said that in October 2015, Nikolai Nikiforov discussed lock “Yandex” “to Iranian competent state authorities “with the Minister of communications and information technology of Iran Mahmoud Vaez. The parties have reported an agreement to open an office in Iran “Yandex».
«We are very familiar with the powerful Russian search engine” Yandex system. ” We agreed that “Yandex” will open an office in Iran. The system will be adapted for the Iranian people are in the Persian language “, – he said at the time the Iranian minister. Nikiforov also said that “Yandex” is going to place in Iran, data centers, but the company denied this information.
«Yandex» confirmed the lock yandex.com site. At the same time the company paid attention to the lack of evidence that the site is blocked, “centrally”. “Besides, it’s not a priority market for us”, – said the representative of
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