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Iran: Further restrictions on social media

Instagram, Telegram and WhatsApp are among the apps targeted in a crackdown on social media users in Iran. A number of people were arrested or summoned for what the Revolutionary Guards call 'immoral activities, insulting religious beliefs or had illegal activities in the field of fashion'. We hear from BBC Persian's Faranak Amidi.

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