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2026 Internet blackout in Iran
On 8 January 2026, the twelfth day of the 2025–2026 protests in Iran, Iranian authorities imposed an internet blackout. Reports from Iran described widespread telephone and internet blackouts in Tehran, with additional disruptions reported in Isfahan, Lordegan, Abdanan, parts of Shiraz, and Kermanshah. Cybersecurity experts reported that Iran's National Information Network was also fully disconnected, even internally within Iran. Although the blackout had been relaxed on 28 January, severe restrictions are still in place. The Iranian Minister of Communications, Sattar Hashemi, acknowledged that the shutdown was costing the economy $35.7 million a day. In April, Afshin Kolahi estimated that the direct cost of the shutdown was between $30–40 million per day, and that adding indirect costs makes the true impact closer to $70–80 million per day. Online sales fell by 80% during the Internet shutdown, while the Tehran Stock Exchange overall index lost 450,000 points over a four-day period, and...
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