Iran could allow Internet giants such as Google to operate in the Islamic republic if they respect its “cultural” rules, Fars news agency said on Sunday quoting a senior official. “We are not opposed to any of the entities operating in global markets who want to offer services in Iran,” Deputy Telecommunications and Information Technology Minister Nasrollah Jahangard told Fars.“We are ready to negotiate with them and if they accept our cultural rules and policies they can offer their services in Iran,” he said.
Jahangard said Iran is “also ready to provide Google or any other company with facilities” that could enable them to provide their services to the region.Forty million people out of a population of around 78 million use the Internet in Iran.