Iran's Fars News Knocked Off Web By US Treasury Order

Iran's well-known state media outlet Fars News Agency says US sanctions have knocked it off the internet. As of Friday and into early Saturday the en.farsnews.com domain remained inaccessible while the outlet says it quickly alternately established English content on https://en.farsnews.ir/, which remains live.

Iran says the US Treasury Department shut down international access to its English news site due to new regulations related to US sanctions.

It's not the first time state-linked Iranian media outlets have had access to Western audiences blocked, with PressTV complaining in recent months about being blocked on YouTube and other popular social media sites; however it's less common for their domains to be blocked.

Fars outlet issued a Farsi language tweet Friday which reads according to a translation:

"From an hour ago, audience access to the Fars News Agency site has encountered a problem due to being placed on America's sanctions list, and the technical part of [this] News Agency is working to create access for the audience on the farsnews.ir domain."

It further said administrators of its state-controlled site were notified Friday that it was being shut down after the US Treasury Department ordered the drastic action it due to sanctions violations.

Fars has since erected a separate domain for its now blocked English language site.

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I don't like this, all censorship is tyranny IMO

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“Now listen here my fellow Americans of the USA. The president is in much danger from this radical left-wing group. I say radical because this group only has only filthy lies and distortions of the mighty truths that have been written,” the Midnight Cowboy actor said in a video posted to Twitter.

“The truth my friends, the truth that holds the greatest scripture that is the Declaration of Independence. We as a nation have gained this back with President Trump. And what does the left want to do? To knock down the nation of God’s glory,” the Oscar-winner said, calling the Democrats’ efforts a “disgrace to mankind and a disgrace to the people of the United States of America” and once again blasting the left’s “disgusting lies” against the president.

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https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2020/01/25/jon-voight-calls-on-america-to-pray-for-president-trump-amid-impeachment-battle/