{"id":6671,"date":"2025-10-30T20:33:21","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T21:33:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globaltalenthq.com\/?p=6671"},"modified":"2025-11-03T18:38:55","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T18:38:55","slug":"iran-in-talks-with-telegram-on-lifting-ban-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globaltalenthq.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/30\/iran-in-talks-with-telegram-on-lifting-ban-media\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran in talks with Telegram on lifting ban \u2013 media"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Tehran blocked most foreign messengers in 2018, arguing they were used to incite violence in anti-government protests<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Iran&rsquo;s Ministry of Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) has started talks with Telegram and other social media platforms, aimed at getting them to comply with Tehran&rsquo;s conditions and unblocking the messengers, the Mehr news agency reported on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Tehran will cease blocking the messengers if they take steps to fulfill certain steps set out by an Iranian Supreme Council of Cyberspace resolution earlier this year, the agency said.<\/p>\n<p>The conditions include the platforms&rsquo; compliance with Iran&rsquo;s national security requirements, preserving its sovereignty, strengthening the rule of law, and not harming domestic social media platforms, according to Mehr.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n        <span><strong>Read more<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<figure>\n            <img src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" alt=\"FILE PHOTO: Pavel Durov.\" class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/globaltalenthq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/68ef7b84203027298216b220.jpg\"><figcaption><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/news\/626470-france-eyes-stripping-privacy-durov\/\">France leading EU drive to remove messaging privacy \u2013 Telegram founder<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The resolution also set out a mechanism for certain members of the cyberspace watchdog to lead negotiations, with the main responsibility for the talks falling under the Iranian ICT ministry, it added.<\/p>\n<p>Tehran banned Telegram and certain other messengers in 2018, arguing that they were being used by anti-government groups to incite violence and threaten national security amid widespread upheaval.<\/p>\n<p>Despite being officially barred, Telegram and other foreign social media apps have remained popular in the country, with many users skirting the ban using Virtual Private Networks (VPNs).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tehran blocked most foreign messengers in 2018, arguing they were used to incite violence in anti-government protests Iran&rsquo;s Ministry of Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) has started talks with Telegram and other social media platforms, aimed at getting them to comply with Tehran&rsquo;s conditions and unblocking the messengers, the Mehr&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/globaltalenthq.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/30\/iran-in-talks-with-telegram-on-lifting-ban-media\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6673,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[14],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globaltalenthq.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6671"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globaltalenthq.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globaltalenthq.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globaltalenthq.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globaltalenthq.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6671"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/globaltalenthq.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6671\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6674,"href":"https:\/\/globaltalenthq.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6671\/revisions\/6674"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globaltalenthq.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6673"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globaltalenthq.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globaltalenthq.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globaltalenthq.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}