Iran has banned the popular mobile game Supercell's "Clash of Clans" to protect the country's youth from its influence. The government claims that the game promotes violence and tribal warfare.

The Ministry of Justice's Committee for Determining Instances of Criminal Content decided to ban the mobile game after psychologists claimed in a report that it encourages violence, tribal war, and is extensively addictive, Vocativ reports.

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Released in August 2012, the combat strategy game allows players to build villages and protect them, train their troops to battle with thousands of other players from around the world online to rise through the ranks.

"Clash of Clans" is currently the top-grossing app on Google Play Store and the third-highest on Apple's App Store. According to SuperData Research, the game has raked in a combined $210 million in November, together with Clash Royale. Additionally, the game accounted for the bulk of Supercells' $2.3 billion in revenue last year.

However, this is not the first time Iran has blocked a popular game. In August, Iran was the first country to ban the popular augmented reality mobile game Pokémon Go just a month after its release because of unspecified security concerns. In another instance, in June, the National Foundation for Computer Games (NFCG) blocked the sale of the game "1979 Revolution: Black Friday," a narrative-based game that puts the player in the shoes of a local journalist named Reza Shirazi, who documents the Iranian revolution. Iranian officials banned the game for deeming it "anti-Iranian" and "pro-American propaganda." Also, in 2011, Iran banned EA's first-person shooter "Battlefield 3" for depicting a mission with US soldiers invading Tehran.

While "Clash of Clans" fans across the country will be angry about the move, some said they can still access the game using VPNs.