While senior officials use Internet, it is banned for ordinary Iranians

                 
                                 Social media banned in Iran under Rouhani

France24 TV - Iran’s official news agency, IRNA, has reported that 8 Iranian Facebook users have been handed out lengthy jail terms ranging from 8 to 21 years. The accused, whose identities have not been divulged, have been found guilty of actions counter of the country’s national security by spreading anti-government propaganda on the social network. 
Heavy sentences in part of Iran’s continued crackdown on line, as NGO Reporters Without Borders reports on its website, this recent court ruling isn’t an isolated case in Iran, far from it. 12 other web users were sentenced to a combined 135 years in prison late May over their activity on Facebook, which is officially banned in the country. 
And as some sites point out not all Iranians enjoy the same online privileges. Most citizens risk prison if they use Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. Yet Iran’s diplomats and officials have social-media accounts and are pretty active on them. Khamenei is a prime example. Despite his fierce opposition to the democratization of the Web in Iran, he’s often turned to online tools to voice his views.