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Iran is experiencing one of the most severe internet shutdowns, effectively cutting 90 million people off from the outside world. Bijan Hosseini investigates the tech behind this disruption, and how government censorship there has evolved.

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Iran's government has imposed a near total internet shutdown on more than 90 million Iranians, almost entirely cutting them off from the outside world for more than a week. In such an environment, it's become extremely difficult to know what's happening inside Iran.

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The terrorist regime of the Islamic Republic has cut off internet access for 90 million people since the start of the war, putting an entire nation at risk. Without internet access, people cannot receive evacuation warnings, emergency information, or critical updates during wartime. Meanwhile, Abbas Araghchi, the foreign minister of the Islamic Republic, appears on Western media via Zoom claiming to be the voice of 90 million Iranians and saying he wants to defend their rights. Defend them from who? You are the ones cutting off their internet — not the U.S. and not Israel. Once again, you are showing the world exactly what this regime is: a textbook dictatorship. Shameless, oppressive, and responsible for the suffering and deaths of its own people. The Iranian people cannot wait to see you held accountable for what you have done. #DigitalBlackOutIran‌ #IranRevolution2026‌ #RezaPahlavi‌ForIran

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When you woke up this morning, your internet worked. You scrolled, you searched, you shared. But 90 million Iranians woke up — again — to total darkness. Their government has now imposed the longest nationwide internet blackout ever recorded in any country. Almost 40 consecutive days. That should alarm every one of us. Iran’s information blackout is a weapon against its own people. When governments can flip a switch and immediately disappear 90 million people from the internet, the rest of us lose our eyes and ears too.

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The most important tool we have is our voice and the Islamic regime has taken that away from over 90 million people

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27,455 views • 6 months ago

Imagine the level of propaganda it took for people in the West to believe that these Iranians in the diaspora - mourning innocent lives lost to the Islamic Regime and showing up every weekend to protest against it - are somehow “different” from, and not the voice of, the very Iranians inside Iran whom the regime has silenced through censorship, internet shutdowns, imprisonment, and slaughter.

Imagine the level of propaganda it took for people in the West to believe that these Iranians in the diaspora - mourning innocent lives lost to the Islamic Regime and showing up every weekend to protest against it - are somehow “different” from, and not the voice of, the very Iranians inside Iran whom the regime has silenced through censorship, internet shutdowns, imprisonment, and slaughter.

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10,459 views • 3 months ago

“This is the final battle. Pahlavi will return.” Hafshejan, a small town in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province, Iran. Footage from the January nationwide uprising, released after weeks of internet shutdowns.

“This is the final battle. Pahlavi will return.” Hafshejan, a small town in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province, Iran. Footage from the January nationwide uprising, released after weeks of internet shutdowns.

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27,633 views • 2 months ago