When Iran demanded that we block peaceful protesters' channels, we refused—and Telegram was banned in Iran. We are ready to leave markets that are incompatible with our principles, because we don't do this for money. We are driven by the desire to do good and protect people's fundamental rights, especially in places where these rights are violated.

[Durov] can invite officials to Dubai if he can't visit Tehran. He's obligated to do something for our users. We've invested heavily in his platform, helping it grow and mature.

🤓 Let's start with the familiar constraints:
• You will not be able to write to users who did not add you to the contacts and did not write to you first (a week after the last message).
• Invite users who have not added you to contacts to chats (groups and channels).

😱 But if you are restricted indefinitely:
• Write in all groups that are public or private with links to public channels. The exception is that you are an admin of a group.
• Leave reactions in all groups where you are not a member.
• Edit rights of all admins, even where you are the owner. Except for the transfer of the owner's rights.
• Create groups and channels. Generally. Any of them.

😴 What else can you do for an unlimited period of ban?
• Write to a channel directs. Amazing, isn't it?
• Launch bots. Any of them.
• Contact support accounts, like Bot Support.
And everything else.