GitHub to offer its services in Iran after sanction exemption from US
Open Source repository GitHub has secured a license from the US government to offer its services to developers in Iran. The Microsoft-owned company will now offer its full range of services in Iran, after imposing restrictions on the platform for Iranian developers due to US sanctions. "This includes all services for individuals and organisations, private and public, free and paid," GitHub CEO Nat Friedman wrote in a blog post published on Tuesday. "Over the course of two years, we were able to demonstrate how developer use of GitHub advances human progress, international communication, and the enduring US foreign policy of promoting free speech and the free flow of information," he added.The US has long imposed broad sanctions on multiple countries, including Iran. Read More