U.S. Open 'Virtual Embassy' for Iran

TEHRAN - The dispute between the United States and Iran will likely continue. Current, Power Adi countries opened a virtual embassy to open relations with Iran.

Virtual Embassy is meyulut anger the Iranian government, and accused the U.S. of trying to interfere in his country after Hillary Clinton's foreign minister announced plans these projects in October.

Virtual Embassy can be accessed at http://iran.usembassy.gov, and offer a statement of U.S. policy in English and Persian.

At the welcome message on the website, Clinton voiced hope that the platform will provide a way for Americans and Iranians to communicate openly and without fear.

"As the U.S. and Iran have no diplomatic relations, we have lost some important occasion with you, the citizens of Iran," he said in a video message, as reported by Yahoo News, Wednesday (07/12/2011).

"But today, we can use new technology to bridge gaps and promote greater understanding between the two countries, as well as people in every country. Iulah why we created this virtual embassy," he continued.

America and Iran have no diplomatic relations since the 1979 Islamic revolution, when protesters overthrew the pro-western Shah and seized the U.S. Embassy in Tehran.

Virtual Embassy will allow Iran to begin the visa application to the U.S.. But Iran still have to go abroad, usually to Turkey or the United Arab Emirates to get a visa.

Chairman of the Iranian parliament, Ali Larijani has a virtual view that the U.S. embassy would fail and calling plans that project as a sign of political weakness of the U.S..

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