Recently, Iran's President, Hasan Rouhani, and his cabinet have encouraged the government to open their own Facebook pages. They've requested to "friend" each other, for doing this would enable them to network over the internet, making their government more expansive and connected over the world. It is assumed that Rouhani is doing this as to reform the reputation of the presidency after his predecessor's, Ahmedinejad, combative rule. This idea of using Facebook is fairly new to Iran, for the civilian population still has restrictions on the websites they can visit. Facebook is not included in these. Some of the ministers that have been encouraged to join Facebook, have not yet, and refuse to do so. Some of the Iranian government, however, believe that becoming Facebook savvy is an important step in becoming more connected to media and technology in the coming years.
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