After being blocked in Russia last month, Telegram now finds its encrypted messaging service banned in Iran. The country’s judiciary arm has ordered Telegram’s site and app to be blocked by internet service providers across the country, citing national security concerns. That’ll affect some 40 million users in Iran. According to Reuters, officials believe that the app has been used to organize protests over economic woes – a number of which took place in more than 80 Iranian cities back in January. Judiciary website Mizan quoted a court order which pointed to the use of Telegram to spread “propaganda against…
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