Free Telegram Proxy for Iran

The history of Telegram restrictions in Iran

Telegram was officially blocked in Iran by court order in April 2018, after a brief period of voluntary cooperation. The block was originally implemented at the level of the major fixed-line and mobile carriers — MCI, Irancell, TCI and Rightel — through a mix of IP blackholing and DNS poisoning. Within weeks, Iranian users had moved en masse onto MTProto proxies; by mid-2019 estimates put more than two-thirds of all Iranian Telegram traffic over proxies, the highest proxy-share figure of any country in the world. The blocking has tightened repeatedly since: in 2022 the carriers introduced active SNI-based filtering after the Mahsa Amini protests, in 2023 they began aggressive probing of suspected proxy IPs, and in 2024 IP-blacklists started rotating on a near-daily cadence. TGFast has tracked this entire arc and continually adjusts its IP rotation cycle and obfuscation parameters to stay ahead of MCI and Irancell DPI rules.

Why Telegram is hard to use in Iran

• Telegram has been officially blocked in Iran since April 2018 by court order.
• MCI, Irancell and TCI use deep packet inspection (DPI) to identify and drop MTProto traffic.
• IP-based blocks rotate daily — a working proxy can stop working in hours.
• Voice and video calls are throttled even on whitelisted hosts.
• Many "free" proxies inject ads or log credentials.

For Iranian users, the practical consequence is that "free proxies" advertised in low-quality Telegram groups typically last days, not weeks, before being blocked or — worse — modified to inject ads or harvest credentials. A reliable service in Iran needs to combine modern obfuscation, fast IP rotation and an explicit no-logs policy; anything less and the proxy quickly becomes either unreachable or untrustworthy. TGFast was designed from day one with the Iranian threat model in mind, which is why our default Frankfurt and Amsterdam servers consistently score well on independent Iranian uptime trackers.

How Iran ISPs actually block Telegram (technical breakdown)

Local carriers use a layered set of techniques to interfere with Telegram traffic. Understanding which technique is in play matters because each one calls for a different counter-measure on the proxy side.

1. IP-list blackholing. The simplest layer — Telegram CDN IP ranges are advertised as null routes inside the carrier network, so packets to those addresses never leave the ISP. Defeated by routing traffic through a proxy whose IP is not yet on the list.
2. SNI inspection. The TLS Server Name Indication is read in cleartext during the handshake; any session whose SNI mentions telegram.org or known proxy domains is RST'd mid-handshake. TGFast Fake-TLS rotates SNI values that mimic high-traffic CDNs, so SNI filtering does not catch us.
3. Protocol fingerprinting. Carrier deep-packet-inspection looks for the distinctive byte patterns of MTProto v1 obfuscation. TGFast servers run MTProto 2.0 with the modern "ee" Fake-TLS prefix, which has a TLS-1.3-shaped handshake and no detectable static bytes.
4. Active probing. Suspect IPs receive synthetic connections from the carrier; if the server responds in a way that confirms it is a proxy, the IP is added to a blocklist. TGFast servers respond identically to a generic HTTPS endpoint when probed without the correct secret, so the probe gathers no positive signal.
5. Throttling and packet loss. Even without an explicit block, some ISPs introduce 5–15% artificial loss on flows tagged as Telegram-like, which destroys voice quality. Routing through TGFast's transit provider sidesteps the tagged path entirely.

Why TGFast works in Iran when others don't

• TGFast uses the modern "ee" obfuscation that mimics standard HTTPS — invisible to MCI DPI.
• We rotate IPs every 4-12 hours to stay ahead of Iranian blocklists.
• Every proxy in our fleet is placed in low-latency Frankfurt and Amsterdam datacenters — the closest unrestricted hops to Iran.
• No logs. We have nothing to hand over to anyone, including IRGC.
• Free forever. No trial, no signup, no email.

The architectural choices behind TGFast — Fake-TLS obfuscation, frequent IP rotation, transit through European carriers that are not directly peered with the restricted ISP, and continuous monitoring from inside Iran — combine to keep the service available even on days when general-purpose VPN tools are reporting outages. Because no single one of these layers is enough on its own, services that rely on only one of them tend to fail intermittently. TGFast's edge comes from layering them together and reacting in minutes rather than hours when one layer comes under pressure.

Tested ISPs in Iran

TGFast is monitored daily on the following Iran carriers. Status as of May 2026: working on every listed carrier.

• MCI (Hamrah-e Avval)
• Irancell (MTN)
• TCI
• Rightel
• ShaTel
• Asiatech

Each carrier deploys slightly different filtering rules and transit policies, which means an entry node that works perfectly on one mobile network may be slower on another. TGFast routes around per-carrier quirks by maintaining a global ingress fleet; if you ever experience slower-than-expected performance on a specific carrier in Iran, simply tap a different card before assuming the network is at fault. The cards above are sorted by typical regional performance.

Real-world performance from Iran (latest measurements)

Numbers are 30-day medians measured from probes inside Iran on residential connections. Real-world figures depend on time of day, your specific carrier, and current congestion.

Cities where users are connecting from

Real users connect to TGFast every minute from across Iran — including:

Tehran Mashhad Isfahan Karaj Shiraz Tabriz Qom Ahvaz

Step-by-step setup in Iran

1. Pick any card above — we recommend the top result for most Iran users on the first attempt.
2. Tap Connect Now. Telegram will open automatically with a confirmation prompt.
3. Tap Enable Proxy when Telegram asks. The proxy appears under Settings → Data and Storage → Proxy.
4. Send a test message or open a busy channel to confirm media downloads work at full speed.
5. Done. Telegram is now flowing through TGFast — fast, encrypted and unblockable in Iran.

Troubleshooting connections from Iran

• One card is slow but the others are fine? Switch — every card carries identical traffic, and per-carrier routing differences are common.
• "Unable to connect" inside Telegram? Confirm that the secret was pasted in full (it is 33 characters and starts with dd or ee). One missing character will fail every time.
• Voice calls cut out after a few seconds? Try a different card from the same country — some entry points are tuned for sustained bandwidth, others for low-latency chat.
• Worked yesterday, not today? An IP rotation is in progress — open the channel @FastTGProxyMT for the current addresses, which will be back online within minutes.
• App crashes on connect? Update Telegram to the latest version; pre-2024 builds shipped a buggy MTProto handler that has been fixed upstream.

Legal context for users in Iran

Personal use of MTProto proxies is widespread in Iran and is not the typical target of enforcement; commercial advertising or sale of circumvention infrastructure has historically been treated more strictly. TGFast is offered free of charge, contains no commercial sale element, and is operated outside Iranian jurisdiction. As always, this is general information and not legal advice — consult local counsel before relying on TGFast in any organisational deployment inside Iran.

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