Iran's internet blackout entering 9th day, monitor warns

Iran’s shutdown of the internet, which activists fear is aimed at masking the true scale of a deadly crackdown on protests by the regime, has now lasted over eight days, says a monitor.

“Iran is in hour 192 of a national internet blackout imposed by the regime after protests spread to multiple cities,” says Netblocks.

“Though news is limited due to the information vacuum, reports indicate thousands have been killed in the subsequent crackdown,” the monitor says.

“The total internet blackout in Iran now exceeds the core duration of the 2019 shutdown, and there is still no partial or regional restoration,” says Netblocks. “In 2019, it was only after connectivity was restored that the scale of the brutal crackdown became known.”