Iran arrests prosecutor behind ban on popular messaging app
AP — Iran has arrested the prosecutor who had ordered a block on access to the popular messaging app Telegram. The semi-official…
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ICT min. says domestic messaging apps have 10.5 active users
MNA – Iranian ICT Minister Azari Jahromi said Mon. that 10.5 users have signed up to domestic messaging apps and the number…
Iran’s communication minister decries blocking of Telegram app
Al-Monitor- Iran’s minister of communications and information technology is continuing to criticize unelected governmental bodies for their attempts to block social media and messaging services. Iran’s…
Iran president says Telegram not blocked by his administration
IFP – The Iranian president says it was not his administration that blocked the Telegram messaging service, nor is the ban approved…
Judiciary not allowed to block Telegram without Security Council’s approval: Gov’t
IFP- The Iranian government, in a statement on Tuesday, has blasted the Judiciary’s ban on the popular messaging app Telegram. Elaborating on…
Iranians begin switching to alternative messaging apps
Press TV- Iranians have begun installing new messaging applications after telecommunications providers blocked Telegram as per a judiciary order to protect national…
Iran ICT minister censures judiciary’s blocking of Telegram
IFP -Iran’s Minister of Communications and Information Technology Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi has criticised a decision to block the popular messaging app…
Judiciary issues decree to shut down telegram
IRNA – Tehran Public and Revolutionary Court in a decree on Monday declared that the activity of Telegram will be blocked in…
Iran nullifies license for Telegram servers deployment
IRNA – Telecommunication Infrastructure Company announced that the lincese for deployment of Telegram servers in Iran has been nullified. The Telegram company…
Telegram in Iran on verge of being blocked
Al Monitor – The popular messaging app Telegram is seemingly drawing its last breaths in Iran as a number of reports indicate…
Govt. offices banned from using foreign social messaging services
MNA– Iranian President’s Office has issued an order banning the government offices from using dominant foreign messengers such as Telegram. According to…
Top Iranian officials leave Telegram messaging app
IFP- A number of channels on the Telegram messaging service attributed to top Iranian officials, including that of the Leader of Islamic…