Blocked in Islamic Republic of Iran

Associated Press

Islamic Republic of Iran maintains a highly restrictive internet censorship regime, frequently blocking access to foreign news outlets.

BBC News

BBC Persian and the main BBC site are routinely blocked in Islamic Republic of Iran.

Bluesky

ChatGPT

Blocked by the government.

Discord

Blocked by government firewalls, particularly affecting voice and video calls.

DuckDuckGo

Access is frequently restricted or blocked due to Islamic Republic of Iran's systemic censorship infrastructure.

Facebook

Facebook has been banned since the 2009 Presidential elections and the subsequent protests.

Grindr

Islamic Republic of Iran maintains extensive state filtering of foreign dating applications including Grindr. Grindr's official Help Center notes service unavailability in government-restricted and sanctioned regions.

Instagram

Instagram has been blocked since 2018 apart from a brief easing from December 2024; access was cut again around the June 2025 conflict and, as of May 2026, is not under consideration for reinstatement.

KakaoTalk

KakaoTalk is inaccessible due to Islamic Republic of Iran's broad internet censorship policies that block many foreign messaging platforms and cause SMS verification issues for users within the country.

LINE

Blocked by the Iranian judiciary alongside other messaging apps.

Medium

Blocked as part of Islamic Republic of Iran's broader filtering infrastructure targeting foreign publishing platforms.

Netflix

Netflix is unavailable in Islamic Republic of Iran due to US sanctions, and the service is also blocked by Iranian authorities.

Odnoklassniki

Subject to the same systemic blocking and filtering infrastructure that restricts access to most international social networking sites.

Patreon

Patreon is inaccessible in Islamic Republic of Iran due to both US sanctions compliance and Islamic Republic of Iran's domestic internet censorship. As a US-based company, Patreon blocks access from Islamic Republic of Iran under OFAC regulations and its payment processors do not support transactions with sanctioned countries.

Pinterest

Blocked under Islamic Republic of Iran's broad filtering of foreign social media and networking platforms.

Quora

Effectively blocked and inaccessible without the use of circumvention tools.

Reddit

Filtered and inaccessible without the use of Virtual Private Networks (VPNs).

Reuters

Islamic Republic of Iran frequently blocks access to a wide array of foreign news outlets including Reuters to control information.

Roblox

Inaccessible without a VPN due to filtering, and lacks official support for Iranian phone numbers.

Rumble

Blocked as part of the Iranian government's broad internet filtering system.

Signal

Islamic Republic of Iran blocked Signal in January 2021 after millions of users migrated from WhatsApp over privacy-policy concerns. Authorities had labelled encrypted chat apps as criminal content and ordered them removed from local app stores; Signal reported that Iranian censors began dropping all Signal traffic and later added proxy support so users could reconnect.

Snapchat

Snapchat is blocked in Islamic Republic of Iran as part of the country's extensive internet censorship system.

Spotify

Unavailable due to a combination of Spotify's compliance with US sanctions and local internet censorship.

Substack

Substack is blocked in Islamic Republic of Iran under the country's stringent internet censorship policies.

Telegram

Threads

Islamic Republic of Iran blocked public access to Threads within a day of its July 2023 launch. As a Meta/Instagram-linked service it remains inaccessible under Islamic Republic of Iran's broader blocks on foreign social platforms; VPN use is common among those who still reach it.

TikTok

Blocked by the Committee for Determining Instances of Criminal Content at the network level.

Tinder

Blocked by authorities under strict moral codes.

Tumblr

Blocked by authorities under strict moral codes.

Twitch

Blocked or heavily restricted as part of the country's extensive internet censorship system.

Viber

Islamic Republic of Iran blocks or filters Viber alongside other major foreign messaging services. The United Kingdom government's 2025 country-information note identifies Viber among the messaging apps blocked in Islamic Republic of Iran.

Vimeo

Restricted due to the Iranian government's extensive internet filtering.

VKontakte

Blocked by broad, systematic blocking of major foreign social media platforms.

WhatsApp

Islamic Republic of Iran briefly lifted its WhatsApp ban in December 2024, then cut access again amid the June 2025 conflict with Israel; as of May 2026 authorities say reinstatement is not under consideration.

X

YouTube

Zoom

Zoom is inaccessible in Islamic Republic of Iran due to both US sanctions compliance and Islamic Republic of Iran's domestic internet censorship. Islamic Republic of Iran is on Zoom's official restricted-countries list under OFAC regulations, and Islamic Republic of Iran's own filtering infrastructure independently blocks the service.