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[[Telegram (service)|Telegram]] has more than 40 million users in Iran<ref name="آفتاب 2018"></ref> and 60% of the Internet's bandwidth is spent on using this app.<ref name="ایسنا 2017"></ref>
Following the disturbances created by the Iranian government to use [[Viber]]<ref name="خبرگزاری فارس 2015"></ref><ref name="انتخاب 2014"></ref> and [[Line (software)|Line]], the Iranian people were attracted to the telegram messenger.<ref name="تبیان 2017"></ref> Security was almost the most important reason that led to this immigration. Additionally, in this messenger it was possible to exchange files up to 1 gigabyte.<ref name="آی تی رسان 2015"></ref><ref name="ایسنا"></ref>
[[The Islamic Republic of Iran]] has repeatedly considered the topic of blocking the telegram and has always imposed limitations on users' access, in such a way that users' access to this messenger has always been subject to serious disturbances. During the [[2017–18 Iranian protests|protests on December 8, 2017]], the Telegram got out of reach from the Iranian users for more than a week and finally became available again on December 23, 2017.<ref name="آخرین خبر | در کوتاهترین زمان بروزترین باشید 2018"></ref><ref name="زومیت 2015"></ref><ref name="ايران 1 2018"></ref>
The telegram was reblocked in Iran on May 10, 2017 by judicial authorities. In the judicial order of the Tehran Prosecutor's Office, it was said that the telegram must be blocked by [[internet service provider|ISPs]] in such a way that it could not be achieved even with tools similar to [[VPN]]s.<ref name="خبرگزاری 2باشگاه خبرنگاران 2018"></ref>
The two-time experience of blocking telegram in Iran shows that Iranian users did not migrate to foreign messengers like [[WhatsApp]], nor domestic messaging clients like [[Soroush messenger]], but they seek for [[Internet censorship circumvention]] and VPNs.<ref name="Khodabakhshi 2018"></ref>
==Spying request==
[[Paul Durov]], [[CEO]] of telegram messenger, said that after denying the request of Iranian authorities about achieving information from citizens of the country, telegram has been blocked for hours in [[Iran]], but it is currently unblocked.<ref name="BBC Persian 2015"></ref>
[[Pavel Durov]] wrote an answer letter and announced that "Iranian authorities want to use telegram to spy on their citizens. We can not help them in this regard."<ref name="BBC Persian 2015"/>
==Blocking Telegram in Iran==
[[File:Countries where Telegram is blocked.svg|thumb|300px|right|Map of countries in which Telegram is completely blocked or partially
]]
Following the Iranian government policy to censor every [[social network]]s and messengers in Iran, they have continued to disrupt access to telegram messengers.
On Saturday, 19 May 2015, the telecommunication company of Iran blocked the service of telegram messenger in some parts of [[Tehran province]] and some other provinces without prior notice.<ref name="ITIRAN 2018"></ref><ref name="انتخاب 2015"></ref>
===Blocking audio calls===
Only one day after Telegram enabled voice calls in the messenger, the voice call functionality was completely blocked in Iran.<ref name="خبرگزاری 3 باشگاه خبرنگاران 2017"></ref> Paul Durov wrote in response to users who had asked about voice calls problems in Iran: "Internet service providers in Iran have blocked it again."<ref name="خبرگزاری 1 باشگاه خبرنگاران 2017"></ref><ref name="Twitter 2018"></ref> The reason of this blockage was the low cost of calling in this way and the financial losses incurred by the operators, which has caused operators (along with [[Mobile Telecommunication Company of Iran]]) to block this possibility<ref name="خبرگزاری باشگاه خبرنگاران 2017"></ref> Although public relations of [[MTN Irancell]] announced that the operator has played no role in the disruption of telegram voice call.<ref name="ايران 2018"></ref>
==See also==
*[[Internet censorship in Iran]]
*[[Internet censorship]]
==References==
[[Category:Communications by country]]
[[Category:Communications in Iran]]
Following the disturbances created by the Iranian government to use [[Viber]]<ref name="خبرگزاری فارس 2015"></ref><ref name="انتخاب 2014"></ref> and [[Line (software)|Line]], the Iranian people were attracted to the telegram messenger.<ref name="تبیان 2017"></ref> Security was almost the most important reason that led to this immigration. Additionally, in this messenger it was possible to exchange files up to 1 gigabyte.<ref name="آی تی رسان 2015"></ref><ref name="ایسنا"></ref>
[[The Islamic Republic of Iran]] has repeatedly considered the topic of blocking the telegram and has always imposed limitations on users' access, in such a way that users' access to this messenger has always been subject to serious disturbances. During the [[2017–18 Iranian protests|protests on December 8, 2017]], the Telegram got out of reach from the Iranian users for more than a week and finally became available again on December 23, 2017.<ref name="آخرین خبر | در کوتاهترین زمان بروزترین باشید 2018"></ref><ref name="زومیت 2015"></ref><ref name="ايران 1 2018"></ref>
The telegram was reblocked in Iran on May 10, 2017 by judicial authorities. In the judicial order of the Tehran Prosecutor's Office, it was said that the telegram must be blocked by [[internet service provider|ISPs]] in such a way that it could not be achieved even with tools similar to [[VPN]]s.<ref name="خبرگزاری 2باشگاه خبرنگاران 2018"></ref>
The two-time experience of blocking telegram in Iran shows that Iranian users did not migrate to foreign messengers like [[WhatsApp]], nor domestic messaging clients like [[Soroush messenger]], but they seek for [[Internet censorship circumvention]] and VPNs.<ref name="Khodabakhshi 2018"></ref>
==Spying request==
[[Paul Durov]], [[CEO]] of telegram messenger, said that after denying the request of Iranian authorities about achieving information from citizens of the country, telegram has been blocked for hours in [[Iran]], but it is currently unblocked.<ref name="BBC Persian 2015"></ref>
[[Pavel Durov]] wrote an answer letter and announced that "Iranian authorities want to use telegram to spy on their citizens. We can not help them in this regard."<ref name="BBC Persian 2015"/>
==Blocking Telegram in Iran==
[[File:Countries where Telegram is blocked.svg|thumb|300px|right|Map of countries in which Telegram is completely blocked or partially
]]
Following the Iranian government policy to censor every [[social network]]s and messengers in Iran, they have continued to disrupt access to telegram messengers.
On Saturday, 19 May 2015, the telecommunication company of Iran blocked the service of telegram messenger in some parts of [[Tehran province]] and some other provinces without prior notice.<ref name="ITIRAN 2018"></ref><ref name="انتخاب 2015"></ref>
===Blocking audio calls===
Only one day after Telegram enabled voice calls in the messenger, the voice call functionality was completely blocked in Iran.<ref name="خبرگزاری 3 باشگاه خبرنگاران 2017"></ref> Paul Durov wrote in response to users who had asked about voice calls problems in Iran: "Internet service providers in Iran have blocked it again."<ref name="خبرگزاری 1 باشگاه خبرنگاران 2017"></ref><ref name="Twitter 2018"></ref> The reason of this blockage was the low cost of calling in this way and the financial losses incurred by the operators, which has caused operators (along with [[Mobile Telecommunication Company of Iran]]) to block this possibility<ref name="خبرگزاری باشگاه خبرنگاران 2017"></ref> Although public relations of [[MTN Irancell]] announced that the operator has played no role in the disruption of telegram voice call.<ref name="ايران 2018"></ref>
==See also==
*[[Internet censorship in Iran]]
*[[Internet censorship]]
==References==
[[Category:Communications by country]]
[[Category:Communications in Iran]]
June 06, 2018 at 05:17PM
