While President Trump, President Emmanuel Macron, and Chancellor Angela Merkel are pressing Iran's mullahs for a more comprehensive nuclear deal and drawing a political map to curb Iran's missile development, nuclear activities, and regional meddling, back home, things are not so rosy for the mullahs, either.  A new challenge resurfaced before the authorities in Iran: Iran's judiciary banned the popular Telegram instant messaging app to "protect national security," Iranian state television said last Monday.  According to Reuters, Iran has banned Telegram after claiming that the app inspires and spreads uprisings and anti-government protests, as it happened when anti-government protests exploded in 142 cities in December 2017. Telegram has become one of the most popular instant messaging apps in the world, with 200 million users, including Iran, with 40 million clients. In the absence of a free and...(Read Full Post)