Iran blocks Instagram, Telegram as anti-government protests spreadAL-JAZEERA Pro-government celebrations marking the anniversary of the end of civil unrest in 2009 were accompanied by another day of protests in Tehran that began over rising food prices and benefits cuts. Iran has blocked Instagram and the messaging app Telegram after three days of anti-government unrest spread across the country. The move was aimed at blunting the largest protests in Iran since a 2009 uprising over disputed election results, and that appear to have caught Iran's leadership off guard. An official in western Iran confirmed the deaths of two demonstrators who protesters said had been shot and killed. Big protests in Iran.

Source: Stuff December 31, 2017 14:37 UTC