http://theiranproject.com/blog/2014/...ation-whatsapp

Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani has announced that his government is banning the smartphone application WhatsApp after it was purchased by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg.

Rouhani cited his reason for the ban being the $19 billion purchase of the application by Zuckerberg, who he called “an American Zionist,” Fox News reported on Friday.