Iran’s internet blackout sparks fears

IRAN is enduring its most extensive internet blackout on record, activists say, raising fears that Tehran’s crackdown on protesters may persist despite assurances it would ease punishments.

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By Friday, the internet shutdown has lasted eight days, longer than the blackout during the country’s 2019 demonstrations, global internet monitor Netblocks said.

Internet connectivity in Iran rose “very” sightly, monitoring group Net-Blocks said yesterday, more than 200 hours into the shutdown.

The outage continued even as protests died down following a violent wave of repression, choking the flow of information coming out of the country and cutting off Iranians from the rest of the world.