Obama addresses Iranians, accuses gov’t of ‘electronic curtain’

President Barack Obama accused Iran today of imposing an "electronic curtain" to stop the free flow of ideas and information into the Islamic republic and promised a new US push to ease the Iranian people's access to the Internet.

“For far too long, the Iranian regime has tried to control the flow of information and ideas to and from the Iranian people and the outside world,” Obama said in a video message to the Iranian people marking the Iranian new year of Nowruz.

"My administration is issuing new guidelines to make it easier for American businesses to provide software and services into Iran that will make it easier for the Iranian people to use the Internet," he announced.

“Like the Iron Curtain of the 20th century, an Electronic Curtain is descending as the Iranian regime attempts to control what its citizens see and hear,” Obama lashed out.