Authorities in Iran are reportedly limiting access to Google Search and Gmail in the country in retaliation for links to a controversial anti-Islam film.

Authorities in Iran are reportedly limiting access to Google Search and Gmail in the country in retaliation for links to a controversial anti-Islam film.

"Google and Gmail will be filtered throughout the country until further notice," an Iranian censorship official told the country's Ilna news agency, as reported by The Guardian.

The film in question, Innocence of Muslims, was uploaded to YouTube in July, prompting demonstrations across the Middle East. On Sept. 11, U.S. Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens and three other Americans were killed in Libya; there were reports that it was related to the movie, while others said the attack was pre-planned.

According to The Guardian, Google Search and Gmail access has been spotty. Google keeps tabs on access to its services around the world via its Transparency Reports, but the service currently says that data after Sept. 19 is still being finalized and should be interpreted "with caution."

This is not the first time Iranian officials have taken steps to censor the Web - or targeted Google. Back in May, Iran was irked that Google removed the name of the Persian Gulf on Google Maps and unless the name was restored.

That same month, an order from the country's telecommunications minister dictated that all telephone companies, banks, and insurance firms were such as Google's Gmail, Yahoo Mail, or Microsoft's Hotmail.

That came several months after authorities to secure, encrypted Web sites, which include things like online banking and any others sites using the HTTPS protocol. Iran had long blocked access to certain Web content, but tech-savvy citizens got around it via proxy servers and other portals. At the time, though, there were reports that some Iranians were having difficulty getting online through those channels.

More recently, meanwhile, Activision Blizzard as part of an effort to comply with U.S.-imposed economic sanctions on Iran and other countries.