Iran is one of the countries with the tightest controls on internet access in the world. However, US-based social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube have been subject to restrictions for more than two years.
WHATSAPP BAN HAS BEEN REMOVED!
Iranian officials voted to lift the ban on WhatsApp. “The ban on WhatsApp and Google Play was lifted unanimously by the members of the Supreme Council of Cyberspace,” the official IRNA news agency said.
According to IRNA, Iranian Minister of Information Technologies and Communications Sattar Hashemi said, “Today, the first step was taken towards lifting internet restrictions.”