{"id":19710,"date":"2015-12-28T16:51:00","date_gmt":"2015-12-28T16:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news1613067580\/news-sp-256\/society\/19710-regime-alarmed-by-22-million-telegram-users-in-iran"},"modified":"2023-01-15T23:26:22","modified_gmt":"2023-01-15T22:26:22","slug":"regime-alarmed-by-22-million-telegram-users-in-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/society\/regime-alarmed-by-22-million-telegram-users-in-iran\/","title":{"rendered":"Regime alarmed by 22 million Telegram users in Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"telegram-300\" class=\" size-full wp-image-44759\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/11\/telegram-300.jpg\" alt=\"telegram-300\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p>NCRI \u2013 The head of the Iranian regime\u2019s armed forces Major General Hassan Firouzabadi has expressed alarm about the exceeding use of online social networks in Iran.<\/p>\n<p>At a meeting on December 26 on the issue of social networks in Iran, Firouzabadi said that there are 22 million people using the popular social media network Telegram\u00a0in Iran.<\/p>\n<p>Firouzabadi, a Major General of the regime\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps and the chairman of the Joint Command headquarters of the regime\u2019s armed forces, acknowledged that Tehran\u2019s repressive restrictions have not curbed Iranians\u2019 use of the internet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCurrently half of the population in Iran spend more than an hour of their\u00a0time on the internet,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NCRI &ndash; The head of the Iranian regime&rsquo;s armed forces Major General Hassan Firouzabadi has expressed alarm about the exceeding use of online social networks in Iran. 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