Critics say Iran may be creating a “tiered internet” model, where access is limited to the politically and economically privileged.
Iranians enduring the latest communications shutdown warn that it’s crippling businesses. Critics say officials flagrantly use the internet they block citizens from.
President Trump shared a video of the attack, which the Pentagon said had targeted an ammunition depot.
The current restrictions on the internet in Iran are coinciding with Nowruz, the observance of the Persian New Year.
As the war has stretched into its third week, the Iranian government has blocked internet access for most of its 92 million citizens.
As the war has stretched into its third week, the Iranian government has blocked internet access for most of its 92 million citizens.
In the aftermath of another wave of antigovernment unrest, Iran is gripped by a mood of collective grief and uncertainty about the future.
As Iranian authorities restore some online services after crushing antigovernment demonstrations, they are using a technological dragnet to target attendees of the protests.
Many in Iran are gaining brief and unexplained windows of online connectivity, offering a widening glimpse of the extent of the government crackdown.
“There is massive disappointment and disillusionment,” one Tehran resident said. A human rights group acknowledged that demonstrations had been subdued since Sunday, with thousands of people detained.