The citizens submitted complaints to the court saying the network`s "violating their privacy," according to the source.
The court has submitted the ban order to the Iran`s Information and Communications Technology Ministry for implementation.
Several of world`s most popular networks, such as Twitter and Facebook are banned in Iran, while users are still able to access them via proxies. A proxy allows bypassing `gates` meant to block certain sites.
Iran`s president Hassan Rouhani recently vetoed a decision made by the Committee for Determining Criminal Web Content, headed by the prosecutor general of Iran to block WhatsApp, a popular mobile application.
It was reported on April 30 that Iran had banned access to WhatsApp messenger application in the country
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