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Iran Internet ban

A woman checks her smartphone while sitting on a bench along a sidewalk in northern Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, May 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
May 28, 2026, 5:28 am
Iranians back online after months-long shutdown, but still face heavy restrictions
Tracking company says connectivity in Islamic Republic at around 86% capacity compared to before cutoff, which began during nationwide anti-regime protests in January
By AMIR-HUSSEIN RADJY
Two women use a smartphone in northern Tehran, Iran, September 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)
May 26, 2026, 4:31 pm
Iran judiciary suspends presidential body after it ordered internet access restored
Judiciary says decision comes after ‘filing of complaints’ over restoration of internet access after country’s longest-ever digital blackout
By AFP and ToI Staff
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian speaks during a ceremony at the Imam Khomeini grand mosque in Tehran, Iran, on January 1, 2026. (Vahid Salemi/AP)
May 25, 2026, 10:43 pm
Iran’s president orders reopening of international internet access – state media
Pezeshkian said to instruct end to nearly 90-day blackout, though mechanism for how and when country would reconnect to global web unknown
By Reuters and ToI Staff
An Iranian man walks past an anti-US and anti-Israel mural painted on a wall, in Tehran, Iran, on May 10, 2026. (ATTA KENARE / AFP)
May 10, 2026, 7:18 pm
Iranian businesses said resorting to mass layoffs amid wartime economic struggles
According to New York Times, business leaders warn 3.5 million industrial jobs at risk, several tech firms shut down due to internet blackout, with others laying off hundreds
By ToI Staff
People conduct their businesses around the traditional grand bazaar of Tehran, Iran, March 29, 2026. (Vahid Salemi/AP)
April 28, 2026, 5:40 pm
Iran eases internet curbs for businesses as blackout enters third month
Government says Supreme National Security Council approves use of ‘Internet Pro’ system to ‘preserve businesses during time of crisis’
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Pedestrians and vehicles cross an intersection in downtown Tehran, Iran, April 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
April 19, 2026, 5:54 pm
Iran’s entrepreneurs vexed as internet blackout chokes ability to earn and run firms
Interior designer in Tehran says she was forced to sell valuables to make a living, while owner of Paris-based business says orders have dropped amid shutdown imposed during war
By AFP
A man watches a televised statement purportedly by Iran's new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei on March 12, 2026. (AFP)
March 14, 2026, 12:38 pm
How Iranians are communicating with the world despite internet blackout
As regime-imposed data shutdown hits two weeks, Iranians risk punishment to connect via expensive Starlink satellite terminals, opposition radio broadcasts, landlines, and more
By Tom BARFIELD
Iranians attend the funerals of security personnel killed in protests in Tehran on January 14, 2026. (ATTA KENARE / AFP)
January 27, 2026, 7:03 pm
Iranians say Tehran labeling those it killed as regime forces, in bid to cover up crimes
In accounts shared with ToI via activists, relatives report government efforts to paint slain protesters as Basij militia members, seemingly looking to justify atrocities amid ongoing crackdown
By Nava Freiberg
Commuters wait for their train at a metro station in Iran's capital Tehran on January 24, 2026. (ATTA KENARE / AFP)
January 24, 2026, 7:48 pm
Iran’s internet shutdown brings major costs as online businesses severed from world
Over two weeks since regime cut country off from the global internet, Iranian reports are being optimistic that the blackout won’t last much longer, ‘otherwise, it will backfire’
By Ramin Khanizadeh
Illustrative: A man flashes a victory sign while riding his motorbike past an anti-Israeli banner depicting Iranian soldiers heading to attack Israeli territory, at Islamic Revolution Square in Tehran, Iran, June 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
June 21, 2025, 3:09 pm
A UK woman tried to call her mother in Iran. A robotic voice answered the phone
Nine Iranian expats say desperate calls to loved ones amid internet blackout were redirected to apparently low-fi AI bot that analysts say may be an Iranian anti-hacker measure
By AP and ToI Staff
A WhatsApp icon is displayed on an iPhone. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File)
December 24, 2024, 7:50 pm
Iran votes to lift ban on WhatsApp, Google Play
Facebook, X, YouTube, Telegram remain blocked as 136 lawmakers pen letter warning lifting ban on WhatsApp would be a ‘gift to Iran’s enemies’
By Payam DOOST MOHAMADI
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks during a meeting with the President Masoud Pezeshkian's administration, in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, August 27, 2024. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)
August 27, 2024, 6:07 pm
Iran’s Khamenei urges new government to impose tighter cyberspace controls
Supreme leader’s demand comes despite campaign promise by new president Pezeshkian to ease the longstanding internet restrictions
By AFP and Reuters
Iranians who live in Brazil protest against the death of Iranian woman Mahsa Amini, who died in Iran while in police custody, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Friday, September 23, 2022. (AP/Andre Penner)
September 23, 2022, 10:49 pm
US moves to ease internet access for protesting Iranians
Lifting of restrictions unlikely to have immediate impact on Tehran’s efforts to block demonstrations from reaching outside world; Starlink satellites offered by Musk not included
By AFP
Ali Hedieloo takes a photo of his product to post on social media at his furniture workshop in the southern suburbs of Tehran, Iran, July 30, 2021. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
August 4, 2021, 7:24 pm
New legislation in Iran stokes fears of even further restricted internet
Tehran moved last week toward further government control of Instagram and other apps with draft bill that some worry could wipe out their livelihoods
By MEHDI FATTAHI and Isabel Debre
Iranian protesters block a road during a demonstration against an increase in gasoline prices in the central city of Shiraz on November 16, 2019. (AFP)
March 9, 2021, 10:39 am
Rights groups say Iran using internet shutdowns to curb protests
Organizations claim Tehran preventing use of social media to mobilize demonstrators and hindering documentation of rights violations
By Stuart Williams
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