US EditionHow Iranians are communicating through internet blackout
About three million Iranians used satellite filecasting and radio broadcasts in 2025 to bypass censorship during a government-imposed blackout lasting over two weeks.
- Connectivity monitors at Netblocks found the limits show the measure is government‑imposed, as authorities have cut connectivity for over 14 days, pushing citizens to alternative channels.
- Authorities attempted to jam Elon Musk‑owned Starlink signals during protests, and Amnesty International reported raids and arrests of people with devices, while criminal charges can include prison or death.
- NetFreedom Pioneers uses satellite 'filecasting' to send encrypted data, and Radio Zamaneh began nightly shortwave broadcasts at 11:00 pm Tehran time, which are hard for the regime to jam, Rieneke van Santen said.
- Rieneke van Santen described short, unreliable calls, saying "You buy a phone card for 60 minutes, but in eight minutes, it's out," as Amnesty warned brief calls can't convey sensitive information.
- Circumvention tools like Psiphon can evade detection but reach only the most tech-savvy users, with connections falling below 100,000, while Starlink terminals cost about 100,000 on the black market.
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According to the Netblocks Observatory, Iranians have been deprived of the Internet for 14 days.
The Netblocks Observatory, which monitors the freedom to communicate online, said this Friday, 13 March, that the Iranian people have no access to the Internet for more than two weeks.
Iranians have been facing internet blockages from the authorities for more than 14 days, according to the Netblocks Observatory on Friday.
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