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Telegram in Iran on verge of being blocked

Iran’s supreme leader leaves Telegram as talk increases of the imminent blocking of the popular messaging app.
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The popular messaging app Telegram is seemingly drawing its last breaths in Iran as a number of reports indicate its likely imminent blocking.

Telegram has more than 40 million users in Iran and is widely believed to have played a significant role in the victory of Iran’s moderate President Hassan Rouhani in the 2017 presidential elections.

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