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Iran's Revolutionary Guards Target Popular Messaging App in Widening Crackdown

December 27, 2015
Speaking of Iran
Iran's Revolutionary Guards Target Popular Messaging App in Widening Crackdown
Iran's Revolutionary Guards Target Popular Messaging App in Widening Crackdown

REUTERS

BY BOZORGMEHR SHARAFEDIN AND SAM WILKIN

Iranian authorities have arrested administrators of more than 20 groups on the messaging app Telegram for spreading "immoral content", semi-official Fars news agency reported on Sunday, the latest detentions in a clampdown on freedom of expression.

 

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