Iran dictatorship sees rare success for openness to technology and media as ban on WhatsApp blocked by reformist President Rouhani in series of changes
Iran president vetoes WhatsApp ban: reports
AFP
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani has vetoed a plan to ban WhatsApp, following a row over censorship of the popular messaging application, media reports said Wednesday. Access to social networks, including Twitter and Facebook, are routinely blocked by
Ban on WhatsApp in Iran?
Change Iran Now says
Just another clear example of how the Iranian regime struggles to stem the tide of technology, especially social media. It has already banned Facebook and Twitter and banning WhatsApp will just be the tip of the iceberg that will probably involve SnapChat, Instagram, Vine, Reddit, Tumblr and every other method of
sharing uncensored information. The fact that Iran is doing this under the guise of objecting to Mark Zuckerberg because he’s Jewish is just one more nail in the coffin of Iranian President Rouhani’s claim of moderation. There are no moderates in a nation controlled by the whims of a single supreme religious
leader accountable to no one.