{"id":3292,"date":"2021-10-18T11:49:57","date_gmt":"2021-10-18T11:49:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/filter.watch\/en\/?p=3292"},"modified":"2021-10-18T12:08:15","modified_gmt":"2021-10-18T12:08:15","slug":"network-monitor-september-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filter.watch\/english\/2021\/10\/18\/network-monitor-september-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Network Monitor \u2013 September 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"

While no major disruptions were observed in September, a number of smaller disruptions affected Iranian internet users, including users reporting localised mobile data disruptions in the south of Iran, including in <\/span>Hormozgan<\/span><\/a> province, and the districts of Konarak and Zarabad in Sistan and Baluchestan province.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Overall Situation<\/strong><\/h2>\n

This month, Filterwatch<\/em> received several reports of Internet shutdowns from its users based in the city of Konarak in Sistan and Baluchestan province, as well as from users in several cities across Hormozgan province, which borders Sistan and Baluchestan. On 1 October a local news website, <\/span>Rasad-e-Balochistan<\/span><\/i> confirmed<\/span><\/a> an internet blackout in the city of Konarak on 30 September and that despites complaints from users \u201cno attempt was made by the authorities to resolve the issue.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Public network measurement tools failed to identify this near shutdown. Previously, network measurement tools also failed to identify localised shutdowns which took place earlier this year in <\/span>Yasuj<\/span><\/a> and <\/span>Khuzestan<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Data provided by Arvan Cloud\u2019s <\/span>Radar<\/span><\/a> suggests that the disruptions mainly affected access to Instagram on 30 and 1 October.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Data from Arvan Cloud\u2019s Radar dashboard from 30 September and 1 October. The pink lines suggest disruptions to Instagram.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Filterwatch <\/span><\/i>has also been informed that a number of Iranian users complained of widespread disruptions to circumvention tools, in particular those using paid service in Iran. The disruptions are said to have been most prominent in early and late September.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

On September 29 numerous Iranian Twitter users <\/span>complained<\/span><\/a> of internet disruptions and slow speeds.\u00a0<\/span>A Twitter user <\/span>posted<\/span><\/a> a lengthy list of proxies they had to use in order to connect to Telegram and added that the extended disruptions were impacting their ability to work and income.<\/span><\/p>\n

Regional Outages<\/span><\/h2>\n

Despite reports of near total Internet shutdowns were received by <\/span>Filterwatch<\/span><\/i> in Iran\u2019s southern regions, IODA data mainly indicated disruptions mainly in northeastern provinces of Iran, such as North Khorasan, Razavi Khorasan, Kurdistan, and Kohgiluyeh and Boyer Ahmad in the west of the country.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Provider Outages<\/span><\/h2>\n