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The president of the Iran-China Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Majidreza Hariri, said Iranian merchants have only 20 minutes per day, according to a report by Iran International.<\/p>\n
Iranian merchants<\/a> have only 20 minutes of internet access<\/a> per day to conduct their operations with other countries, Farsi-language news network Iran International<\/em> reported on Sunday.<\/p>\n According to the report, the president of the Iran-China Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Majidreza Hariri, said that the internet is available in Tehran and other provinces for registered people who need to continue operations with China.<\/p>\n “The time given is undesirable, only allowing to check a couple of emails in a short 20-minute span,” Hariri added.<\/p>\n According to another report by the Farsi-language network Manoto, Ali Hakim Javadi, head of the Computer Industry Organization, has announced that daily Internet outages cause economic damage of between two and three trillion tomans ($18 million to $27 million).<\/p>\n Iran has been cut off from the Internet since January 8, resulting in the longest Internet blackout in the country’s history. The Islamic Republic has used this as part of its repression mechanism to crack down on the nationwide protests<\/a> reported in the country since late December.<\/p>\n