Washington, DC - Today, the National Iranian American Council called on global tech companies to quickly take advantage of the Biden administration’s new licensing and restore online communication tools for Iranians. The letter - addressed to Amazon, Apple, Google, Microsoft and Digital Ocean, some
We welcome and applaud the administration’s moves to broaden sanctions licensing to support internet freedom in Iran. This will mean that tech firms that had cut Iranians off from their services - like Google and Amazon - can once again provide services to Iranians.
We are once again inspired by the bravery of the Iranian people standing up against state violence following the tragic killing of Mahsa Amini by the so-called morality police. Statements of solidarity and condemnations of state violence are a good start, but the Biden administration should go a ste