July 3, 2009
Iran 'lifts block on SMS texting'
Reports from Iran say that SMS text messaging services have been unblocked for the first time since disputed presidential elections. The BBC reports.
Defeated opposition candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi this week called on the government to end its interference in phone networks and the internet.
Correspondents say texting has been restricted since 11 June - the day before disputed elections which saw the controversial re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
The lifting of the restrictions has been reported by a number of Iranian news agencies monitored by the BBC, including Tabnak.ir, a conservative website believed to be associated with former Islamic Revolutionary Guards commander Mohsen Rezai.
Tabnak said that SMS services, although restored, were still blighted by technical problems.Messages up to three weeks old were being sent out, and some users were receiving multiple repeated messages, it said.
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