Il Tempo: La calciatrice iraniana Shiva Amini "Fuori l'Iran da tutte le competizioni"
La calciatrice iraniana Shiva Amini "Fuori l'Iran da tutte le competizioni"
The Iranian footballer Shiva Amini "Out of Iran from all competitions"
The Iranian footballer Shiva Amini “Out of Iran from all competitions”
Iran’s internet shutdown,
now in place for 36 hours
as the authorities seek to quell escalating anti-government protests,
represents a “new high-water mark” in terms of its sophistication and severity, say experts
– and could last a long time.
As the blackout kicked in, 90% of internet traffic to Iran evaporated.
International calls to the country appeared blocked and domestic mobile phones had no service,
said Amir Rashidi, an Iranian digital rights expert.
This is far from the first time a country has blocked the internet for political reasons.
Egypt’s Hosni Mubarak blocked the internet for six days during the 2011 Tahrir protests,
and the Taliban shut down Afghanistan’s for 48 hours in September, ostensibly to curb “immorality”.
But the level of shutdown in Iran is unprecedented
and in some ways far harsher than its 2019 digital blackout,
which internet observers described at the time as the most “severe disconnection”they had seen anywhere.
“There is no reception on the phones.
There is no antenna.
It’s like you are living in the middle of nowhere,
with no BTS towers,” said Rashidi.
Even Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite system,
which was a lifeline for Iranians during the 2022 protests
over the death of 22-year-old #Mahsa #Amini in police custody,
was being jammed, Rashidi said,
although the extent varied from one neighbourhood to another.
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Chuck Darwin