Iran: SMS re-activated after 20-day blackout

Above, confirmation via the Persian equivalent of Digg, Cyrus Farivar has more on the story.

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gulo gulo | July 2, 2009 11:04 AM | Reply

farsi looks beautiful in that digg-style font

Takuan | July 5, 2009 1:48 AM | Reply

http://blog.austinheap.com/2009/07/04/haystack-good-luck-finding-that-needle/

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