UK-based pair behind messaging app accused of giving data to Iranian regime
Exclusive: Branch of Iranian software company TSIT, which makes Gap Messenger, is registered in SussexThe creators of a messaging app accused of handing user data to the Iranian regime live on a windswept hill in a British coastal town, the Guardian can reveal.Hadi and Mahdi Anjidani are the...
<p>Exclusive: Branch of Iranian software company TSIT, which makes Gap Messenger, is registered in Sussex</p><p>The creators of a messaging app accused of handing user data to the Iranian regime live on a windswept hill in a British coastal town, the Guardian can reveal.</p><p>Hadi and Mahdi Anjidani are the cofounders of TS Information Technology, established in 2010 and <a href="https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/07254811">now registered</a> at the address of a tax accountancy in Shoreham-by-Sea in West Sussex. It is the UK branch of an Iranian software corporation, Towse’e Saman Information Technology (TSIT).</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jan/29/iran-app-gap-messenger-tsit-user-data-uk-sussex">Continue reading...</a>
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