Authors: Miaan Group, ASL19, IODA Contributors: Kentik, Cloudflare, OONI, Tor, Lantern, eQualitie, Psiphon, Deutsche Welle Executive Summary The June 2025 Internet shutdown in Iran, carried out during the war with Israel, marked a significant and strategically distinct moment in digital repression. This operation, which we term the "stealth blackout," differed sharply from earlier shutdowns that reliedContinue reading "Iran’s ‘Stealth Blackout’: A Multi-stakeholder Analysis of the June 2025 Internet Shutdown"
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Government Tightens Control, Ignoring Experts’ Calls for Global Engagement and Open Internet
At a September 16 press conference, Masoud Pezeshkian spoke of his administration’s plan to reform the framework for filtering, a proposal he also raised at the Supreme Security Council. However, in practice, a different outcome has emerged. Recent network developments have seen widespread outages due to the Infrastructure Communications Company's monopoly on internet service provision.Continue reading "Government Tightens Control, Ignoring Experts’ Calls for Global Engagement and Open Internet"
Iranian Officials Tacitly Declare War on Circumvention Tools
In the past month, Iranian officials—from Majles representatives to cabinet ministers and members of the Supreme Cyberspace Council—have repeatedly pointed to circumvention tools as a major source of problems and insecurity in cyberspace. These developments suggest that Iranian officials see themselves as at war with these technologies and are planning accordingly. Though such comments haveContinue reading "Iranian Officials Tacitly Declare War on Circumvention Tools"