With the onset of Israel’s military attack on Iran on June 13, 2025, Iran entered one of its most severe and targeted periods of communication disruption and information censorship in its history. Leveraging its experience from the November 2019 internet shutdown and the development of infrastructure and policies related to the “National Information Network,” theContinue reading “Iran’s Internet Status in the First Week of Israel’s Attack: Disruption More Severe Than Bloody November in 2019”
Tag Archives: internet outages
Iran’s Unequal Internet: 90 Outages Expose New Digital Divide as “Cyber Free Zones” Emerge
Iran’s internet policies are taking a stark turn, revealing a paradoxical strategy that aims for regional influence while tightening the digital leash on its citizens. In the past month alone, at least 90 internet disruptions have been reported, with half classified as “severe,” painting a grim picture of a nation moving toward a controlled andContinue reading “Iran’s Unequal Internet: 90 Outages Expose New Digital Divide as “Cyber Free Zones” Emerge”
Big Disruptions to Internet Protocol Version 6 Continue Policy of Unsafe Internet
In a move with little precedent, Iranian censorship authorities have seriously disrupted Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6), Filterwatch investigations show. IPv6 is the newest version of internet protocol, or IP, which serves as the basis of internet communications. IPv6 is a more advanced version of the old IPv4, with an IP address capacity expanded fromContinue reading “Big Disruptions to Internet Protocol Version 6 Continue Policy of Unsafe Internet”
Sistan and Baluchestan:
According to research by Filterwatch using IODA data, local sources, and Filterwatch’s technical research, Sistan and Baluchestan province experienced over 5400 minutes of complete internet outages and around 300 minutes of intentional disruptions in 2023. Filterwatch has also found evidence that for the first time, the technical arm responsible for internet cut-offs and disruptions inContinue reading “Sistan and Baluchestan:”