Iran Hit By Internet Blackout Amid Mass Protests
1- 9.01.2026, 8:41
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The internet is down nationwide.
In Iran the night before, Internet access completely disappeared amid nationwide protests caused by a sharp deterioration in the economic situation. Demonstrations covered all provinces of the country.
According to The Guardian.
According to the monitoring organization NetBlocks, the Internet connection was disconnected throughout the country. Earlier, connection outages were recorded in western regions, particularly in the city of Kermanshah. Iranian authorities have already repeatedly used full or partial blocking of the Internet during protests.
The victims of protests in Iran
The Norwegian human rights organization Iran Human Rights said security forces have killed at least 45 people, including eight children, since the protests began in late December. Hundreds more people have been injured and more than 2,000 have been detained, according to human rights activists.
Iranian official sources recognize at least 21 dead, including members of the security forces. At the same time, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian called on security forces to exercise restraint and dialog with society.
On January 8, protests intensified
On Thursday, demonstrations took place in all 31 provinces of Iran. In Kurdish regions and dozens of cities, vendors closed stores in support of the general strike. In the southern province of Fars, protesters toppled a statue of former commander of the IRGC's al-Quds special unit Kasem Suleimani.
The Guardian writes that the protests erupted amid a rapidly falling national currency and rising prices. According to official data, food prices have risen by more than 70% over the year, and medicine prices by about 50%. An additional factor was the abolition of the preferential exchange rate for importers.
Analysts call the current protests the largest in the past three years, although they have not yet reached the scale of the "Woman, Life, Freedom" movement in 2022.
Protests in Iran
In Iran, mass protests have been taking place since late last year. They have taken on a serious scale and have already escalated into armed clashes. It started with traders from Tehran's central city market, who took to the streets on December 28 to protest against the sharp fall of the national currency.
Media reports say that the most involved in the protests were sellers of cell phones, electronics and home appliances, who buy their goods for foreign currency and sell them for local currency.
The rallies were joined by students and other segments of the population, as well as, rather unexpectedly, by those who used to be the "backbone of the regime."
The Iranian regime reacted with the utmost brutality - shooting, riot gear, beatings and mass arrests.
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