Iranian gov’t to assign email address to all citizens

Itongadol.- Iran is to assign all citizens an individual email address which the communications minister said on Monday would aid interaction between state authorities and the people.
It was unclear whether the move would add to regulations on Internet use imposed by a conservative Islamist leadership wary of secular cultural influences it blames on the West.
President-elect Hassan Rouhani, a relative moderate who takes office next month, has called for less state intervention in people\’s private lives, including less filtering of the Internet and a loosening of media controls.