Officials in Iran have blocked residents in the country from
using Whatsapp, based on the fact that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who purchased
the messaging app some months ago is Jewish.
According to the Head of the country’s committee on Internet
Crimes, Abdolsamad Khorramabadi, the reason for this is basically because being
a Zionist.
It is reported by Haaretz that the ban has caused a conflict
within the government which has been tryint to implement modern social policies.
“The government is completely against the ban on Whatsapp,”
Communications Minister Mahmoud Mehr told the State News Agency Irna, according
to Haaretz
According to an a blogger ‘anonymous’ Whatsapp continues to
work in Iran, at least for the time being.
The revolutionary guard sees these social sites as a major
threat because there’s an appeal for young people and the government worries about
the exchange of information. Supreme leader Khamenei and his cronies, caught on
to the power and potential of these sites after the green revolution uprisings.
Actually, this is not the first time the country has blocked
a service. WeChat was blocked in December and likes of Facebook, Twitter and
Youtube have suffered same fate.
According to a report in Al Jazeera, several Iranian agencies
control the internet, but not all of them agree on the policies.
We are yet to hear from Facebook.
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