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Iran’s judiciary files lawsuit against Telegram founder

Iran’s judiciary has filed a lawsuit against the Russian founder of the most popular messaging app in Iran.
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The Telegram messaging application is the most popular mobile software in Iran, but it has always been on the verge of being blocked for various reasons.

Abbas Jafari-Dolatabadi, Tehran’s prosecutor general, has announced that the Iranian judiciary has filed a lawsuit against the manager of Telegram, a decision that may be the first phase of new attempts at blocking Telegram.

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