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NetBlocks Jan 8

⚠️ Confirmed: Network data show the loss of connectivity on #Iran internet backbone provider TCI in the restive city of Kermanshah as protests spread across the nation in their 12th day; the incident comes amid rising casualties with indications of disruptions in multiple regions

NetBlocks Jan 8

⚠️ Update: Live network data show #Tehran and other parts of Iran are now entering a digital blackout, as internet connectivity falls on multiple providers; the new incident follows regional shutdowns, and is likely to severely limit coverage of events on the ground as protests spread 📉

NetBlocks Jan 8

⚠️ Confirmed: Live metrics show #Iran is now in the midst of a nationwide internet blackout; the incident follows a series of escalating digital censorship measures targeting protests across the country and hinders the public's right to communicate at a critical moment 📉

NetBlocks Jan 9

⚠️ Update: #Iran has now been offline for 12 hours with national connectivity flatlining at ~1% of ordinary levels, after authorities imposed a nationwide internet blackout in an attempt to suppress sweeping protests while covering up reports of regime brutality 📉

NetBlocks Jan 9

⚠️ Update: It has now been 24 hours since #Iran implemented a nationwide internet shutdown, with connectivity flatlining at 1% of ordinary levels. The ongoing digital blackout violates the fundamental rights and liberties of Iranians while masking regime violence ⏱

NetBlocks Jan 10

⚠️ Update: It's now 8:00 am in #Iran where the sun is rising after another night of protests met with repression; metrics show the nationwide internet blackout remains in place at 36 hours, severely limiting Iranians' ability to check on the safety of friends and loved ones 📵

NetBlocks Jan 10

⚠️ Update: #Iran has now been offline for 48 hours, as telemetry shows the nationwide internet blackout remains firmly in place.

Meanwhile, regime leaders have continued to post their version of events online while their kill-switch silences the voices of 90 million Iranians 😶

NetBlocks Jan 11

⚠️ Update: #Iran's internet blackout is now past the 60 hour mark as national connectivity levels continue to flatline around 1% of ordinary levels.

The censorship measure presents a direct threat to the safety and wellbeing of Iranians at a key moment for the country's future.

NetBlocks Jan 11

⚠️ Update: #Iran's internet shutdown is entering its fourth day with connectivity to the outside world remaining at just 1% of ordinary levels; at 72 hours, diminished telecoms continue to impact the public's ability to access information and communicate with loved ones ⏱️

NetBlocks Jan 12

⚠️ Update: As #Iran wakes up to a new day, metrics show the national internet blackout is past the 84 hour mark.

Years of digital censorship research point to these workarounds:

📻 Shortwave/HAM radio
📶 Cell towers at borders
📡 Starlink terminals
🛰️ Direct-to-Cell satellite

NetBlocks Jan 12

⚠️ Update: #Iran has now been offline for 96 hours, limiting reporting and accountability over civilian deaths as Iranians protest and demand change; fixed-line internet, mobile data and calls are disabled, while other communication means are also increasingly being targeted ⌛️

NetBlocks Jan 12

100 hours.

Sarah Moir Jan 13

⚠️ Update: It has been 108 hours since #Iran introduced a nationwide internet shutdown leaving Iranians isolated from the rest of the world and each other 📉

The rights to free speech and free assembly are inviolable and must be protected #DigitalBlackoutIran

NetBlocks Jan 13

⚠️ Update: #Iran has now been offline for 120 hours.

Despite some phone calls now connecting, there is no secure way to communicate and the general public remain cut off from the outside world.

What footage makes it through shows extensive use of force against civilians 📵

NetBlocks Jan 14

⚠️ Update: Metrics show #Iran remains offline as the country wakes to another day of digital darkness.

With the internet blackout now past its 132nd hour, early reports indicate thousands of casualties. The true extent of the killings is masked by the absence of connectivity.

NetBlocks Jan 14

⚠️ Update: Network data show the #Iran has now entered the seventh day of a near-total telecoms blackout, with the incident passing the 144-hour mark; the disruption ranks among the longest on record and continues to isolate over ninety million Iranians from the outside world

NetBlocks Jan 15

⚠️ Update: #Iran's internet blackout has passed the 156 hour mark as the silence deepens after a brutal crackdown.

Meanwhile, the online information vacuum is resulting in the amplification of pro-regime accounts, AI fakes, and other agendas.

NetBlocks Jan 15

🗓️ Exactly one week ago to the hour, #Iran fell into digital darkness as authorities imposed a national internet blackout.

Through the following days Iranians continued to protest and demand liberty despite a draconian crackdown.

At 168 hours, data show the shutdown is ongoing.

NetBlocks Jan 16

⚠️ Update: At 180 hours, the total internet blackout in #Iran now exceeds the core duration of the 2019 shutdown, and there is still no partial or regional restoration.

It was only after connectivity was restored in 2019 that the scale of the brutal crackdown became known.

NetBlocks Jan 16

⚠️ Update: In case you missed it, #Iran is in hour 192 of a national internet blackout imposed by the regime after protests spread to multiple cities.

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

NetBlocks Jan 17

⚠️ Update: Metrics show a very slight rise in internet connectivity in #Iran this morning after the 200 hour mark. However, overall connectivity remains at ~2% of ordinary levels and there is no indication of a significant return.

NetBlocks Jan 17

⚠️ Update: Internet connectivity continues to flatline in #Iran despite a minor short-lived bump in access earlier today, when new reports of atrocities emerged.

As the shutdown enters day ten, confusion surrounds whether the regime intends to restore service soon, or at all.

Aylar Sadrolodabaee Jan 17

Chris Kubecka Jan 17

RE: https://mastodon.social/@netblocks/115908167916300404

@netblocks Let's hope the little blip in internet connectivity turns into a big one and the shutdown ends.

I am extremely worried, no contact with my source. Reza Pahlavi stated hours ago there are up to 12K dead so far. As well as other potential horrific details.

You can read my interview with KT, an Iranian just before the internet went dark here: https://secevangelism.substack.com/p/before-iran-went-dark-the-last-conversation

Platypusman Jan 16

@netblocks I wonder if Starlink is available to anyone in Iran.

@Dawilson999 @netblocks no it doesn't work in Iran.
Locals said that the government had shutdown the servers and satellites of strarlink in the Iran zone.

@netblocks There's no accessibility to internet in Iran.
I'm an iranian student in a foreign country which was not able to call or even message my family since 9th of january.
No goverment in europe or even our neighbors cares about the situation and human rights is a hilarious joke.
Many people are killed in the protest all around the country.

T I Z E N Jan 15

@netblocks I ALWAYS COME BACK

GPS anti-jamming (might be useful for the starlink people) | https://youtu.be/Fe_3QlgdWw8?si=9GIudkEu1lbXIymN&t=1000

The Path to Resilient GNSS: Anti-Jamming Solutions from Antenna to Receiver

YouTube

Crashkid Jan 13

@netblocks 😢

#Pfleger aus #Münster🏳️‍🌈🇪🇺🌈🌻Jan 13

@crashkid @netblocks
#freeIran2026

RussianChineseDeepStateSock Jan 13

@netblocks hands off Iran!

The iranian people already had a revolution and freed themselves from theocracy, THEN THE US OVERTHREW THEIR REVOLUTION and installed another theocrat. Whatever happens in Iran, the US needs to stay the fuck out.