IRAN REGIME’S BLOCKING OF TELEGRAM WILL HURT IRAN ECONOMY

By INU Staff

INU - The Iranian Regime’s decision to block the encrypted messaging app Telegram, which provided privacy to its users, is only further destroying the Iranian economy.

In April, the Regime banned the app over its use by citizens in the ongoing Iranian uprising, hoping to cut the protesters off from each other and quell the anti-regime protests.

This has not worked, as the protesters have used various apps to subvert the blockade, but it has significantly harmed the Iranian economy, which is already shaky from decades of mismanagement and corruption by the Regime and will be further hit by US sanctions later this year.

Alireza Nader, an independent analyst on Iran, said that the ban could end up increasing rather than quelling protests.

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