U.S. to relax sanctions against Iran on Thursday to allow U.S. companies to sell mobile phones, software and other technologies for personal communication Iran's two U.S. officials said.
This initiative is expected later on Thursday, would allow Iran to get the latest Apple phone and the latest software, but has been the first time in 1992 since the imposition of sanctions against Tehran's black market.
U.S. stepped up to take tough measures against Iran in recent years, the slow development of the Islamic Republic's controversial nuclear program, a wide range of blacklisted Iranian companies and government officials.
The United States believes Iran's uranium enrichment level, can be used for nuclear weapons, but Tehran says its program is for peaceful purposes.
Technology easing of sanctions by the U.S. government may be trying to develop goodwill with Iran before the citizens, the Iranian national elections next month.
In Iran the disputed 2009 presidential election, the opposition "green movement" Marshal global attention to their cause, and later inspiring protesters in 2011 after the Arab Spring uprisings, social media has played a significant role.
First relieve the U.S. government in 2010 after the election of some technical restrictions to allow U.S. companies export to Iran of some of the basic software and offers free Internet services, such as chat and email.
But last Thursday's move further, allowing enterprises to sell the software and hardware of the Iranian citizen, Sherman, U.S. Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Wendy said late on Wednesday in an interview with the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC ) Persian service.
She said: "We have no wish to cut off communication," in an interview with reporters, first announced more lenient rules. "In fact, we want to encourage in every way we can communicate."
English transcript of the interview provided by the Sherman Iranian National Council of Nonprofit Organizations, the United States has long urged the U.S. government to relax the restrictions harm ordinary citizens against Iran, but what hindered the government's actions.
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