Iran devising phone apps for ‘mass surveillance’ of dissidents, new report says Iran ’s intelligence services have “significantly accelerated” spying on their own citizens in the wake of anti-regime protests that rocked the nation, according to an extensive investigation released Thursday by a leading Iranian exile dissident group. The Paris-based National Council of Resistance of  Iran , relying on what it says include sources inside the government, contends the country’s  Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps  and Ministry of Intelligence and Security are engaging in “mass surveillance” of protesters and dissidents by employing a web of state-produced mobile phone apps. Just days after U.S. intelligence warned in its annual “Worldwide Threat Assessment” of increased cyberthreats emanating from  Iran , the NCRI report said the  Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps  has so successfully deployed its social media spyware that millions of users out...