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| Iran protests: Authorities blocks access to social media amid anti-government rallies | Iran protests: Authorities blocks access to social media amid anti-government rallies |
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| Iranian authorities have temporarily blocked mobile access to Instagram and the messaging app Telegram to "maintain peace" amid anti-government protests, state TV reports. | Iranian authorities have temporarily blocked mobile access to Instagram and the messaging app Telegram to "maintain peace" amid anti-government protests, state TV reports. |
| At least Two people were killed in the country's biggest protests since 2009. Many of the demonstrations have been started and promoted using Telegram. | At least Two people were killed in the country's biggest protests since 2009. Many of the demonstrations have been started and promoted using Telegram. |
| Iran's interior minister, Abdolreza Rahmani-Fazil, said authorities would respond to the "spreading of violence, fear, and terror" | Iran's interior minister, Abdolreza Rahmani-Fazil, said authorities would respond to the "spreading of violence, fear, and terror" |
| Pavel Durov, Telegram's Chief Executive, wrote on Twitter: "Iranian authorities are blocking access to Telegram for the majority of Iranians after our public refusal to shut down [one of the main channels] and other peacefully protesting channels." | Pavel Durov, Telegram's Chief Executive, wrote on Twitter: "Iranian authorities are blocking access to Telegram for the majority of Iranians after our public refusal to shut down [one of the main channels] and other peacefully protesting channels." |
| The company did agree to close one channel on Saturday after Iranian authorities claimed people were using it to incite violence. | The company did agree to close one channel on Saturday after Iranian authorities claimed people were using it to incite violence. |
| State news website Irib News quoted an unnamed source as saying: "With a decision by the Supreme National Security Council, activities of Telegram and Instagram are temporarily limited." | |
| Facebook, which owns Instagram, is yet to respond to the shutdown. | |
| As protests continued, at least two protestors were killed in clashes in the city of Doroud, 200 miles south-west of the capital, Tehran. | |
| The province's security chief, Habibollah Khojastepour, denied they had been shot by police. | |
| "No bullets were shot from police and security forces at the people", he said. | |
| "The gathering was to be ended peacefully, but due to the presence of [agitators], unfortunately this happened." |