p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 15.0px Calibri; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} span.s2 {text-decoration: underline ; font-kerning: none; color: #0463c1; -webkit-text-stroke: 0px #0463c1} Iran responded to the groundswell of protests that emerged in the new year by clamping down on popular social media and messaging apps used by Iranian demonstrators to organize. But the United States has also complicated protesters’ efforts with sanctions that have hindered protesters’ ability to communicate and mobilize online.
Now a coalition of advocacy groups that support better ties with Tehran have forged an unlikely alliance with Iran hawks in Congress to try to rectify the chilling effect that US sanctions have had on US technology firms. Together, they are urging the Donald Trump administration to provide greater flexibility for US companies to provide social media and digital platforms to Iranian citizens.
