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54. Ibid.
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52. Bill Samii, ‘‘Iran: Government Strengthens Its Control of the Internet,’’ Radio Free Europe/
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54. Ibid.
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56. Najmeh Bozorgmehr, ‘‘Facebook Sets Tone in Iran’s Electoral Contest,’’ Financial Times, May
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57. CNN, ‘‘Ahmadinejad Denies Calling for Facebook Ban,’’ May 25, 2009, http://www.cnn.com/
2009/WORLD/meast/05/25/iran.ahmadinejad.facebook/.
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61. BBC News, ‘‘Iran Blocks BBC Persian Website,’’ January 24, 2006, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/
middle_east/4644398.stm.
62. For a description of the Persian blogosphere, see John Kelly and Bruce Etling, ‘‘Mapping Iran’s
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Society, April 5, 2008, http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/publications/2008/Mapping_Irans_Online
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63. Interview with Esma’il Radkani, Iranian Communication and Information Technology News
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