Iran Chief Prosecutor's Ultimatum: 30 Days to Block Social Media

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n a move to roll back the limited political and social liberalization experiment introduced by Iran’s reformist President Hassan Rouhani, the country’s hardline conservative judiciary has given the government one month to block WhatsApp and other social media and messaging services.

Chief prosecutor Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Ejei accused Communications Minister Mahmoud Vaezi of failing comply with earlier directives to cut off social networking sites and apps “with immoral and criminal content.”

Source: www.thewire.com

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