TEHRAN: Eleven Iranians accused of sending insulting SMS text messages about Islamic republic founder Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini have been arrested in the southern province of Shiraz, a newspaper reported on Monday.
"After monitoring social network applications on mobile phones like WhatsApp, Viber, Line and tango ... 11 people were arrested," the provincial Revolutionary Guards chief, General Esmail Mohebipour, said.
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