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Authorities shut down internet nationwide amid protests over inflation and currency collapse with more than 10,600 arrests reported by human rights groups.
- On Thursday, NetBlocks and web-monitoring firms reported a near-total nationwide internet blackout in Iran, with live metrics showing connectivity collapsing simultaneously.
- The protests began last month in Tehran's Grand Bazaar and have since spread after a December 28 shutdown, coinciding with subsidy reforms that triggered sharp price rises.
- Kentik's analysis showed near-total disconnection around 8 p.m. local time; Cloudflare and NetBlocks reported outages on TCI in Kermanshah while some business accounts stayed online, and telephone links failed from Dubai.
- Rights monitors report mounting deaths and mass detentions amid the shutdown, with at least 39 dead and more than 2,260 detained, while NetBlocks warned the blackout will severely limit event coverage.
- President Masoud Pezeshkian urged utmost restraint while senior leaders framed rioters as threats, the United Nations called for protecting peaceful protests, and U.S. President Donald Trump warned of severe consequences if killings start.
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