Get Your VPN Ready
Due to the government’s regulations on the Internet, most of the popular social networking sites of the world are banned and therefore blocked in Iran. Facebook and Twitter are among those that are blocked, but Gmail is surprisingly not banned and is used regularly.
Leading Energy Superpower
Iran is abundant with huge reserves of fossil fuels, ranking third in the world in natural gas production and is second only to Russia when it comes to largest gas reserves in the world. Iran is also working on researching and developing renewable energy sources and opened its first wind-powered and geothermal plants in 2008.