Iran cleric: They used to say loudspeakers were forbidden
Two prominent clerics have taken opposing views on the issue of high-speed Internet, which is currently being debated in the Iranian media.
![To match Feature IRAN-INTERNET/ Customers use computers at an internet cafe in Tehran May 9, 2011. Websites like Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and countless others were banned shortly after the re-election of Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the huge street protests that followed. Seen by the government as part of a "soft war" waged by the enemies of the Islamic Republic, social networking and picture sharing sites were a vital communication tool for the anti-Ahmadinejad opposition -- more than a year before they played a similar rol](/sites/default/files/styles/article_hero_medium/public/almpics/2014/09/RTR2MB5Q.jpg/RTR2MB5Q.jpg?h=f7822858&itok=jwRqkzD5)
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