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U.S. State Department Launches Virtual U.S. Embassy Tehran
IT News Online Staff
2011-12-07
The U.S. Department of State has announced the online opening of the Virtual U.S. Embassy Tehran as a new and exciting engagement opportunity between the peoples of Iran and the United States.
Victoria Nuland, Department Spokesperson, Office of the Spokesperson, said, "Because the United States and Iran do not have diplomatic relations, we have been deprived of opportunities for dialog with the citizens of Iran. But, using new technologies like this Web site and our linked social networking sites, we hope to bridge that gap and promote greater understanding."
Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, in her welcome video posted to the site, said, "This is a platform for us to communicate with each other - openly and without fear - about the United States, about our policies, our culture and the American people."
"We believe that outreach efforts like these are essential to bringing information and alternative viewpoints to the Iranian people, especially as the Iranian regime continues its efforts to control the flow of information to and from the Iranian people," said Nuland.
"This Virtual Embassy is just the first of many ways in which we will seek to challenge the Iranian regime’s efforts to place an electronic curtain of surveillance, satellite jamming and online filtering around its people, and I look forward to enhancing our communication efforts directly to the Iranian people," added Nuland.
The Virtual Embassy site can be viewed in English at iran.usembassy.gov and tehran.usembassy.gov; and in Persian at persian.iran.usembassy.gov.
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