Iran has cut internet access once more after internet access briefly returned in Iran on Sunday, according to internet monitoring group NetBlocks, as the country entered its 10th day of a near-total communications blackout.
The shutdown follows widespread protests after unrest began in late December, fuelled by public anger over worsening economic conditions.
Iran Internet Blackout
The crackdown on protesters coincided with the communications blackout, which began on January 8 and severely restricted access to messaging platforms and online services.
NetBlocks said on Sunday night that internet traffic briefly rose after a “heavily filtered restoration of select Google and messaging services,” but quickly fell again as connectivity was cut.
Iranian authorities have maintained that the demonstrations were initially peaceful before descending into what they described as “riots,” blaming foreign interference by the United States and Israel.
US President Donald Trump had earlier warned of possible military action if protesters were killed and he reignited tensions in a Saturday interview with Politico, calling for regime change and describing Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as “a sick man” who should “stop killing people.”
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian responded sharply on Sunday, warning on X that any attack on the supreme leader would amount to “a declaration of full-scale war against the Iranian nation.”
