US EditionIran’s nationwide protests appear increasingly smothered after crackdown and internet outage
Iran’s government imposed one of the longest internet blackouts, blocking 92 million people, while activists report over 2,600 deaths amid a severe crackdown on protests.
- On Thursday, nationwide protests appeared increasingly smothered a week after authorities shut the country off, and activists say Iranian security forces killed at least 2,615 people.
- Amid a faltering economy and a collapsed currency, protests began late last month while Iranian authorities cut communications, arrested many, searched for Starlink satellite internet and labeled gatherings since Jan. 8 criminal, Justice Minister Amin Hossein Rahimi said.
- The closure ran for over four hours, disrupting airlines on a key East–West route as several airlines reduced or suspended services and most carriers avoided Iranian airspace, SafeAirspace reported.
- International actors responded with warnings, sanctions and diplomatic moves, including U.S. sanctions on Iranian officials, a G7 warning, a U.N. emergency meeting, Britain closing its Tehran embassy, and U.S. moves at Al Udeid Air Base and Kuwait.
- The situation may signal further security or military activity, including missile launches and air defenses, raising risks to civil aircraft, while activists warned hangings could come soon despite contested claims.
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Iran’s Protesters Are Caught Between State Repression and Foreign Intervention
Iran has been under a government-imposed internet blackout for the last week, and very little information has emerged. What we do know is that thousands have been killed since authorities launched a crackdown on protests that have spread across the country since late December. What started as anger centered in Tehran’s grand bazaar over the rapid fall in the value of Iran’s currency quickly… Source
Iran protests appear increasingly smothered after internet outage and regime's crackdown
The nationwide protests challenging Iran’s theocracy appeared increasingly smothered Thursday, a week after authorities shut the country off from the world and escalated a bloody crackdown that activists say has killed at least 2,637 people.
Iran edges towards North Korea model internet amid protests
Iran's government is continuing to tighten internet restrictions after imposing a nationwide shutdown last week that largely cut the country off from the outside world during a violent crackdown on anti-government protests. According to Fars News Agency, which is close to the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, the government has activated an alternative National Information Network. The network, the agency said, allows access to domestic websit…
Since 8 January, the Iranian government has blocked maximum access to the Internet. Iranians find themselves cut off from the world, unable to communicate, while the repression is hardening in silence. ...
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