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The Iranian government appears to be preparing to institute a nationwide ban of Telegram, only days after Russia banned Telegram. Earlier this year, Iran temporarily banned Telegram and Instagram during widespread protests in January. Telegram — an encrypted messaging app that also features channels often used by official bodies like news organizations or even government entities — has 40 million users in Iran, a country where approximately 50 million people have internet access.
In a public announcement on Wednesday, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei said that government entities would no longer be using Telegram, in an effort to curb Telegram’s “monopoly.” As a testament to Telegram’s monopoly, Khamenei posted this message on his Telegram channel.
Meanwhile, Russia’s own Telegram ban has gotten off to a disastrous start, with the government blocking IPs belonging to US-based Google and Amazon cloud services, among others. As a result, millions of IP addresses have been impacted beyond Telegram. Whether Iran will take a similar route remains to be seen.
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The hardest clamp is the one Mike Pompeo, the new sec of state, is going to put around Trita Parsi's khayeh very soon!!!