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Iran Maintains Near-Total Internet Blackout Amid U.S.-Israeli Strikes
ByParin Behrooz March 18, 2026

As the war has stretched into its third week, the Iranian government has blocked internet access for most of its 92 million citizens.

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Communications and Media Blackouts | Computers and the Internet | Freedom of the Press | International Relations | Iran | Iran's nuclear programme | Israel | Israel–Iran War | Mobile Applications | Tehran (Iran) | United States | United States International Relations | US and Israeli Attack on Iran (2026)

Iran Maintains Near-Total Internet Blackout Amid U.S.-Israeli Strikes
ByParin Behrooz March 18, 2026March 18, 2026

As the war has stretched into its third week, the Iranian government has blocked internet access for most of its 92 million citizens.

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Freedom of the Press | Iran | Iran's nuclear programme | Israel | Israel–Iran War | New York Times | News and News Media

How We Know Iran Crushed Protests with Lethal Force
BySanjana Varghese, Christina Thornell, James Surdam, Jon Hazell and Zach Caldwell February 5, 2026February 5, 2026

The New York Times collected and analyzed hundreds of videos of a crackdown on anti-government protests that Iranians shared despite an internet blackout. Sanjana Varghese explains how the Visual Investigations team at The Times verified them.

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Amid Two-Week Internet Blackout, Some Iranians Are Getting Back Online
ByErika Solomon and Sanam Mahoozi January 25, 2026

Many in Iran are gaining brief and unexplained windows of online connectivity, offering a widening glimpse of the extent of the government crackdown.

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Freedom of the Press | Gaza Strip | internal-open-access-from-nl | Iran | Iran's nuclear programme | Israel | Israel-Gaza War (2023- ) | Israel–Iran War

Israeli Ban on Media Entering Gaza Remains, as Legal Challenge Is Delayed
ByAaron Boxerman December 9, 2025

Israel’s top court gave the government further reprieve on a long-stalled petition seeking free access to Gaza. Critics say barring journalists denies the world a full picture of conditions there.

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Israel-Qatar Tensions Escalate After Israel Kills Al Jazeera Journalists
ByVivian Nereim August 11, 2025August 11, 2025

Israel and Qatar, which backs Al Jazeera and has hosted Hamas leaders, have long had a relationship marked by both public hostility and quiet collaboration.

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