Android phones in Iran get false quake alerts amid protests

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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- False earthquake alerts went off on Wednesday on Android smartphones in Iran as the country continues to grapple with nationwide protests.He blamed testing at state-owned service provider Iran Mobile Communications Co. for the alert.Meanwhile, Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency described the incident as a hack and said: “This message is fake; do not leave your homes.” The two conflicting accounts of the event could not be immediately reconciled.Google, which provides the Android software, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.Her death has sparked months of protests that now include calls for the overthrow of Iran's theocracy, one of the greatest challenges faced by Tehran since the chaotic years after its 1979 Islamic Revolution."

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