Iran Releases Messaging App Soroush Post Telegram Ban
The Iranian government has officially released a mobile messaging app, Soroush in a bid to encourage users to abandon the currently banned Telegram messenger.
The app, Soroush, developed in the country has a majority of features already found in popular app Telegram, that was used extensively as a way of communicating during 2017's anti-government protests.
The push for Soroush came into force when National Cyber Centre decided to withdraw Telegram's license to operate in the country. As per IRNA, a state press agency Telegram's license cancellation was announced by the Telecommunication Infrastructure Company which is the sole telecommunication infrastructure provider in Iran.
Soroush that has been available for several weeks was officially launched on Thursday.
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