Internet connectivity in Iran improves slightly: NetBlocks

Internet connectivity in Iran rose “very” sightly, monitoring group NetBlocks said on Saturday, more than 200 hours into a nationwide internet shutdown during protests against authorities.For all the latest headlines, follow our Google News channel online or via the app.“Metrics show a very slight rise in internet connectivity in Iran this morning after the 200 hour mark,” Netblocks said on X, but added that connection was only around 2 percent of ordinary levels and there was no sign of “a significant return.”Protests in Iran have subsided after a crackdown that has killed thousands, monitors said Friday, a week after the start of the largest demonstrations in years challenging the country’s theocratic system.Demonstrations sparked by economic grievances started with a shutdown in the Tehran bazaar on December 28 but turned into a mass movement demanding the removal of the clerical system that has ruled Iran since the 1979 revolution.Read more:Trump says ‘thank you’ to Iran for not