Like I report in my book, The Blogging Revolution, the Islamic Republic is a truly repressive web nation:
Authorities in Iran have banned popular social-networking site Facebook until after the Islamic Republic’s presidential election in mid-June.
Iranian media has reported that the ban comes as a result of the success President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad opponent Mir-Hossein Mousavi has had using the site to advance his campaign, according to a report on Army Radio.