Iran’s Internet Shutdown Enters Second Day
NetBlocks, a London-based internet surveillance organization, confirmed the country "has now been offline for 48 hours."
Monitoring data shows the sweeping internet restrictions "remains firmly in place," the watchdog group reported via X, the U.S.-based social media platform.
Mass demonstrations have convulsed Iran since late December, initially erupting on Dec. 28 at Tehran's Grand Bazaar as citizens protested the Iranian rial's precipitous collapse and deteriorating economic circumstances. Unrest rapidly metastasized to multiple metropolitan areas nationwide.
Iranian officials have released no verified casualty figures, though the independent non-governmental organization HRANA has documented 65 fatalities, alongside more than 2,300 arrests during the upheaval.
The communications blackout represents authorities' efforts to suppress organizing efforts and prevent images of the crackdown from reaching international audiences as economic frustration transforms into widespread political defiance across the Islamic Republic.
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