Gulf Insider
The restrictions followed renewed anti-government protests in early January and intensified after the start of the US-Israel war on Iran at the end of February, and during which time leaders in Washington and Israel have signaled they seek total societal collapse and government overthrow in the Islamic Republic. This has left many of Iran’s some 95 million citizens scrambling for information on what comes next concerning war and negotiations. “Exactly eight weeks have passed since 28 February when Iran was placed under a regime-imposed internet blackout,” NetBlocks continues. The heavily restricted internet has disrupted jobs and businesses nationwide, and has seen some citizens temporarily cross borders or else flee the country entirely just to access better communications. This is particularly at the porous border with Turkey, for people able to get in and out, according to one report based on an on the ground interview: Dazed by the sun and tired by more than a dozen hours of travel by bus, the woman from Tehran, Iran’s capital, crossed into eastern Turkey. Her first stop? Somewhere with Wi-Fi. “I only want to make a video call and go back [to Iran.] That is it,” she told NPR. For the last month, she has been making the hours-long […]
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