Mehrad 
To those who wonder if this #Iran war is unwelcome or welcome by Iranians: the solution is not putting efforts to stop or continue the war. The solution is to push for giving people the voice to express their opinion by giving them the internet back! Really that simple. Don't jump to conclusions **before** hearing all the facts. In this day and age, internet is essential part of life and Iran gov has cut internet for the past 850 hours (37 days):
ΓιανίρηςRE: https://fosstodon.org/@Mehrad/116353679049009454
For Iranians the problem is bombs falling on their heads and transporting supplies for their daily needs interrupted by blowing up highways train tracks and bridges
For the CIA/MOSSAD the problem is all their spies being silenced
#Iran #Gaza #Syria #Yemen #Venezuela #Cuba #Lebanon #Russia
and the glorious #DPRK
Boud@Mehrad This is something where cyberspace *might* help in terms of pressuring the media and governments. If you know of websites with petitions, or pressure-your-MEP/MP/member-of-Congress guides or similar, to #OpenTheIranianInternet , add them to this thread.
I see lots of Manichean comments on Fedi about the #ceasefire, but very few boosts of comments by Iranians on Fedi, and I haven't seen any calls (apart from yours) for the 99% or so Internet blockade to be lifted.
@Mehrad
To all my Fedi followers: #OpenTheIranianInternet should be an appeal that should be easy to find strong support for, from everyone except the #IRI/#IRGC . How about at least boosting the hashtag #OpenTheIranianInternet ? Or propose a better hashtag?
Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦@boud
Tbh, I don't know why there is this much resistance in accepting that war didn't cause the internet blackout, war didn't hit internet infrastructure, and war was not the reason internet censorship started in the first place.
I've personally lost hope. Among all online people I know, only three (including you) are caring about the situation. I saw more posts about petrol price than human rights. I guess it is what it is, and somehow Gaza is more important for people than Iran or Myanmar.🤷
There's a serious-looking petition at #Daadkhast [1]. @Mehrad - does Daadkhast look like credible to you? I tried signing but so far got no email confirmation info, and my sig hasn't appeared (yet). Maybe there's manual checking to avoid spam/abuse. #Daadkhast does appear to have some role in #EuropeanParliament campaigning [2].
[1] https://www.daadkhast.org/en/petition/6360
[2] https://xcancel.com/ilhankyuchyuk/status/1494257274319257603
@boud
Thanks for putting the efforts and time into this.
I personally believe that petitions that are working outside of a legal and judicial framework are completely useless. Change.org or Daadkhast.org and most importantly, ohchr.org are equally waste of time. The difference is that ohchr.org is getting paid to do something about it, and yet read the homepage and Ctrl+f "iran".
@boud
Although signing an online form will never translate to a tangible change, I appreciate you and others who are, to say the least, trying to make a change. I'm truely thankful.
I believe the only actual way forward is to push governments to acknowledge the blackout and put it in their agenda during negotiations (whatever this term may mean in this day and age). Govs like UK, Germany, and France have been in total [deliberate] ignorance/indifference about this so far.
@boud
To be fair, they have been in similar denial about other internet disturbances including Myanmar. So this behavior is nothing new. But when a total blackout goes over 1000 hours and govs (representatives of people of their respective countries) are not talking about it, that:
1. shows a very concerning pattern
2. shows lack of international sympathy
3. would increase the division between people and nations