Iran’s judiciary has ordered a ban on the popular messaging platform Telegram. What does that mean for the country’s 40 million users? And what does it say about Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, who promised to expand internet freedoms when he ran for re-election in May 2017? Host Marco Werman interviews Kaveh Azarhoosh, who researches Iran’s internet policy for the London-based organization Small Media.
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