Iran censors move to block WhatsApp because it's run by 'zionist' Zuckerberg

There's a tug of war going on between political factions in Iran, and once again it's internet users who are likely to bear the brunt of it. According to the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, Iranian censors have suddenly decided to ban citizens from using WhatsApp, in direct defiance of more progressive government ministers who say they're against such a move. There's no concrete evidence that any block or filtering is in place yet, and even President Hassan Rouhani has tweeted his objection to it, but Iran's "Committee for Determining Criminal Web Content" has reportedly called for the popular messaging service to be prohibited on the basis that it's now "owned"

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