"The decision to replace the popular messaging app with an Iranian alternative has been made at the highest levels of the government," Boroujerdi said on Saturday.
The senior Iranian lawmaker underlined that given the destructive role Telegram played in the last year's riots in Iranian cities, the decision is made for the sake of the country’s national security, adding that Iran has today made a lot of progress in cyberspace and has been able to produce alternative national apps such as Soroush’.
Despite the fact that Telegram is highly popular among Iranians as it has more than 40 million Iranian subscribers, Boroujerdi hoped that the Iranian application will soon replace the foreign product when the latter is blocked.
"More needs to be done in order for the Iranian apps to be able to compete with their foreign rivals," he added.
Boroujerdi concluded that the Iranian app will start operation at the end of current Iranian month ending on April 20.
In relevant remarks in late February, Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Hossein Baqeri in a message underlined that the powerful defenders of national security will never allow recent incidents in northern Tehran to reoccur.
In his message, the top commander also vowed that and any threat to Iranian citizens’ security will meet resolute response.
"Iran's sustainable security and durable peace which have angered the wicked enemies have not been achieved so easily that a group of filthy mercenaries can target in a bid to frighten people in the capital and other cities," Major General Baqeri said.
Baqeri also appreciated police and volunteer forces who foiled the plots of the rioters.
No comments:
Post a Comment