http://www.vice.com/read/youtube-banned-in-iran
Youtube is added to the list of things banned in Iran. Currently, "high-speed internet, CNN, democracy, The Da Vinci Code, and gays" are banned. Iran, being an Islamic Republic, felt these videos were inappropriate and corrupting. This is only part of a trend where religious leaders have been censoring social media or any kind of mass communication. The Ayatollah has his hands in every aspect of Iranian life, and he enforces it strongly. Many see this as a continuous act of stopping the spread of western influence to Iran and these muslim countries.
I doubt it'll be effectively enforced. If you ban a website as big as that, people will find ways around it. Especially since it's the internet we're talking about - there are ways around everything.
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