Iran: US 'virtual' embassy will fail
Iran's foreign ministry says a web-based US "embassy" will not be able to win over the Iranian people. Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast said in comments broadcast by state television on Thursday that the American "virtual initiative" will not overcome the effects of Washington's hostility to Tehran.
Tehran residents say that the embassy's website was blocked by Iranian authorities less than a day after it went online on Tuesday. The English- and Farsi-language website was designed by Washington to facilitate communications with the Iranian public. (AP)
