Internet Cut in Iran amid Protests over Fuel Prices
Netblocks, an NGO that monitors cybersecurity and internet governance, reported Iran has only 7% internet connectivity in the wake of protests in multiple cities Friday evening against the government’s 50% increase to fuel prices.
Confirmed: #Iran is now in the midst of a near-total national internet shutdown; realtime network data show connectivity at 7% of ordinary levels after twelve hours of progressive network disconnections as public protests continue #IranProtests 📉
📰 https://t.co/1Al0DT8an1 pic.twitter.com/u6bVsfvOOm
— NetBlocks.org (@netblocks) November 16, 2019
Confirmed: Iran is now in the midst of a near-total national internet shutdown. Realtime network data show connectivity at 7% of ordinary levels after twelve hours of progressive network disconnections as public protests continue.
Telephone lines are affected too, there's no international connection.
— Setaré (@Shinings) November 16, 2019
The chart below provides near real-time information about traffic to & services in #Iran
Iran's dictatorship regime has slowed down the Internet to censor news of mass #IranProtests in order to arrest & disappear innocent people#FreeIran #MEK @USAdarFarsi https://t.co/BFqkYbmA3a pic.twitter.com/To3uHrUyzO— Arash (@arashcaviani) November 17, 2019
The Iranian government has not formally acknowledged the internet shutdown.