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Jalali openly conceded that with the introduction of the currency in the coming month on the back of blockchain technology, the country could “lose control” and that blocking the application would be meaningless.
Last September, Tehran's prosecutor filed crimi- nal charges against the "management" of Tel- egram, referring to allegations that the cloud- based service serves as a platform for child pornography and extremist content.
Telegram was founded in 2013 by the charismatic Russian internet entrepreneur Pavel Durov, an avowed libertarian who has battled demands from Russia's main security agency for the encryption keys to his service. For many voters, the service played a prominent role in the May 2017 presiden- tial election. Top politicians and media outlets in
Iran are among users of Telegram.
On January 10, in another warning directed at the use of cryptocurrencies by Iranian trad-
ers, Central Bank of Iran (CBI) governor Valiol- lah Seif urged caution among the public when it comes to investing in cryptocurrencies. Seif said that the CBI “would not guarantee investment in Bitcoin” following several reports that Iranians had started moving into the currency, partly given the run on the Iranian rial (IRR) prompted by the nationwide protests a month ago.
The governor advised Iranian citizens to avoid such risky investments, especially given illegal tendering in evidence in Iran. He pointed out that Iran was not alone in warning of the risks of cryptocurrencies. Other central banks around the world have expressed similar caution.
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