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Google Earth, Picasa, and Chrome downloads now available in Iran

by Samuel Gibbs on January 19, 2011 at 04:10 AM

As an American company, Google is limited by U.S. export controls and sanctions for countries around the globe, which until yesterday included Iran. With some of the software export restrictions now lifted, Google will make Google Earth, Picasa, and Chrome available for download in Iran. Restrictions are still in place against the Iranian government however, and as part of the export licenses granted by the U.S. Treasury Department, Google will continue to block IP addresses associated with said government.

If you happen to be reading from Iran, you can now legitimately download some of the best Google has to offer. Head on over to Google Earth, Picasa, and Chrome to get the goods.

Tags: apps desktop, AppsDesktop, browsers, Chrome, Earth, google, Iran, photography, Picasa, utilities

source: Google

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mohsenu88Jan 19th 2011 5:23AM

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I'm from Iran,and I've been using these apps from the first release but its good to be able to download from its own website,thanks for bringing it to our attentions,i love your site!

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Samuel GibbsJan 19th 2011 7:09AM

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@mohsenu88 I thought that might be the case for tech savvy Iranians, but you're right, it's nice to be able to get it directly from the source these days. Are there any other popular applications that are blocked for you guys?

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macromediaxJan 19th 2011 2:14PM

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Yes , unfortunately the google chrome addons and themes are yet blocked in iran by google. if google lets us use google chrome , it should let us to use chrome extensions too .

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