iran says its international web site has been taken down after falling foul of u.s. sanctions and this according to fars news the block was ordered by the u.s. treasury. the photos news dot com websites is being blocked on us treasuries orders and emails sent to fall as news agency by the provider clearly stated that the treasury s office of foreign assets control as i did the agency to the sdn specially designated nationals list if you visit the website fars news dot com it is unavailable the web page does not load now it s important to note there is a website fars news dot i r that i are standing for islamic republic that has just been created fars news calls itself an independent news source generally it has been labelled by western media outlets as being a mouthpiece for the iranian government it s one of the primary sources for breaking news within the borders of the islamic republic the fact that it has been taken down and does not appear to have its website up and is b