A woman checks her phone on a hill in Tehran, Iran on Oct. 2, 2025. Iran was plunged into a nationwide internet blackout on Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026, internet monitoring groups said, amid widespread protests over dire economic conditions and anger at the Islamic Republic. (Arash Khamooshi/The New York Times) By PRANAV BASKAR and SANAM MAHOOZI Iran was plunged into a nationwide internet blackout Thursday, internet monitoring groups said, amid widespread protests over dire economic conditions and...