Iranian applications are applications with different functionalities like

banking A bank is a financial institution that accepts Deposit account, deposits from the public and creates a demand deposit while simultaneously making loans. Lending activities can be directly performed by the bank or indirectly through capital m ...

services Service may refer to: Activities * Administrative service, a required part of the workload of university faculty * Civil service, the body of employees of a government * Community service, volunteer service for the benefit of a community or a ...

instant messaging Instant messaging (IM) technology is a type of synchronous computer-mediated communication involving the immediate ( real-time) transmission of messages between two or more parties over the Internet or another computer network. Originally involv ...

social media Social media are interactive technologies that facilitate the Content creation, creation, information exchange, sharing and news aggregator, aggregation of Content (media), content (such as ideas, interests, and other forms of expression) amongs ...

games A game is a Structure, structured type of play (activity), play usually undertaken for entertainment or fun, and sometimes used as an Educational game, educational tool. Many games are also considered to be Work (human activity), work (such as p ...

shopping Shopping is an activity in which a customer browses the available goods or services presented by one or more retailers with the potential intent to purchase a suitable selection of them. A Retail#Shopper profiles, typology of shopper types ha ...

, VOD, app stores and ext. which their servers are located in

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort ...

Messengers

Messaging apps offer communication platforms that function on the

National Information Network The National Information Network (NIN) ( Persian: شبکۀ ملی اطلاعات, ''Shabake-ye Melli-ye Ettelā'āt''), also known as National Internet in Iran and the Iranian intranet, is an ongoing project to develop a secure, stable infrastruc ...

, while being limited and censored by government. The apps receive robust government support and funding. The state offers some electronic government services exclusively through the apps. The Iranian messaging apps were removed by Google Play Store Protect in 2022 after being tagged for spyware. The apps have been criticized by security experts for lacking security measures and infrastructure such as

end-to-end encryption End-to-end encryption (E2EE) is a method of implementing a secure communication system where only communicating users can participate. No one else, including the system provider, telecom providers, Internet providers or malicious actors, can ...

. The apps are interlinked through Message Exchange Center. In 2017 the message apps were affected by critical outages. In December 2024 the apps received 50 billion toman in additional government supported funding after Iranian government unblocked WhatsApp after 2.5 years.

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Instant messaging & social media

Bale Bale may refer to: Apps Bale Messenger, an Iranian instant messaging (IM) app owned by the National Bank of Iran Packaging * Cotton bale * Hay or straw bale in farming, bound by a baler * Paper bale, a unit of paper measurement equal t ...

Eitaa Eitaa Messenger () is an Iranian cloud-based, cross-platform, social media, instant messaging (IM) and VoIP service developed by the Idea of Today's Civilization Supporters Company. It is one of the most widely used messaging apps in Iran, with mo ...

* Gap *

iGap iGap is a free Iranian instant messaging application for smart phones and personal computers. iGap allows users to interact with each other and exchange information through text, image, video, audio and other types of messages. iGap also support ...

Rubika Rubika () is an Iranian social media platform, instant messaging (IM), VoIP and video-on-demand service developed by Tusca holding, MCI, and MTN Irancell. It is one of the most widely used social media platforms in Iran, with more than 50 mil ...

Soroush Plus Soroush Plus (, ''Messenger angel'') is an Iranian cross-platform, instant messaging (IM), social media and VoIP service developed by the Setak Houshmand Sharif. It is one of the most widely used messaging apps in Iran, with more than 35 million ...

* Virasty

Online Shopping

Digikala Digikala () is an Iranian e-commerce company based in Tehran, founded in July 2006 by Hamid Mohammadi and Saeid Mohammadi. Digikala offers a wide range of consumer products, which includes sports and entertainment goods, electronics, groceries ...

Divar The island of Divar (formerly ''Piedade'') (, pronounced ) (derived from the word ''Dipavati'' or 'small Island' in Konkani) lies in the Mandovi river in the Indian state of Goa. It is one of six major islands within the Mandovi, the others ...

Sheypoor Sheypoor (; "bugle") is a classified ads platform website and mobile application, headquartered in Tehran, Iran Tehran (; , ''Tehrân'') is the capital and largest city of Iran. It is the capital of Tehran province, and the administrative ...

Video on demand

Filimo Filimo () is an Iranian video-on-demand streaming service, owned and operated by Saba idea. Filimo offers a wide variety of films, television series, documentaries, and other video content internationally. The platform is widely used within Ira ...

Namava Shatel is an Iranian Internet Service Provider and a "large" Local Internet registry based in Tehran, Iran . Shatel is the first ADSL2+ service provider in the country, and the first gigabit wireless network operator based on registered microwav ...

App stores

Bazaar A bazaar or souk is a marketplace consisting of multiple small Market stall, stalls or shops, especially in the Middle East, the Balkans, Central Asia, North Africa and South Asia. They are traditionally located in vaulted or covered streets th ...

* Myket *

Sib App SIB or sib may refer to: Places * As Sib, a town in Oman * Sib, Khuzestan, a village in Khuzestan Province, Iran * Sibiti Airport (IATA airport code), in the Republic of the Congo * Sunny Isles Beach, Florida, US Science * Sib (anthropology) ...

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ios Ios, Io or Nio (, ; ; locally Nios, Νιός) is a Greek island in the Cyclades group in the Aegean Sea. Ios is a hilly island with cliffs down to the sea on most sides. It is situated halfway between Naxos and Santorini. It is about long an ...

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Vehicle for hire

Snapp! Snapp! () is an Iranian vehicle for hire company, headquartered in Tehran that launched in February 2014. Users can request a ride via the iOS, Android, or web application, by indicating their location and destination. The price of the trip is s ...

* Tapsi

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