WhatsApp and Google Play are now available, but many social media apps remain restricted making the use of a VPN or similar ...

“A positive majority vote has been reached to lift limitations on access to some popular foreign platforms such as WhatsApp and Google Play”, Iran’s official IRNA news agency said on ...

Ardavan Yousefi has gotten so used to life under Iran's sweeping internet restrictions that for him, a recent decision to lift a ban on messaging service WhatsApp went virtually unnoticed.

Iran’s communications minister on Sunday said that no social media platform will be exempt from unbans, a month after bans were lifted from major platforms WhatsApp and Google Play.

Ardavan Yousefi noticed no major impact from lifting Iran's ban on WhatsApp, as other platforms still require VPN use. Amid high inflation and tensions, Iran's cyber council lifted the ban on WhatsApp ...