{"id":4442,"date":"2023-08-29T08:04:36","date_gmt":"2023-08-29T08:04:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/filter.watch\/en\/?p=4442"},"modified":"2023-11-15T18:09:21","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T18:09:21","slug":"despite-denial-by-iranian-authorities-weekly-internet-shutdowns-continue-in-zahedan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filter.watch\/english\/2023\/08\/29\/despite-denial-by-iranian-authorities-weekly-internet-shutdowns-continue-in-zahedan\/","title":{"rendered":"Despite Denial by Iranian Authorities, Weekly Internet Shutdowns Continue In Zahedan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While we are approaching the anniversary of Mahsa Amini's death, Sistan and Baluchistan still faces weekly internet outages while Iranian government officials continue to avoid taking any responsibility for these disruptions. Overall during the month of July, internet disruptions <a href=\"https:\/\/ioda.inetintel.cc.gatech.edu\/country\/IR?from=1688197223&amp;until=1690789223\">affected<\/a> several border cities and provinces including West Azerbaijan in the northwest of Iran to Khuzestan in the southwest, and from Razavi Khorasan in the northeast to Sistan and Baluchestan in the southeastern part of the country.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4444\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment_4444\" style=\"width: 552px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/filter.watch\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/Screenshot-from-2023-08-29-04-00-39.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4444\" src=\"https:\/\/filter.watch\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/Screenshot-from-2023-08-29-04-00-39.png\" alt=\"Map of July internet disruption in Iran. Source IODA\" width=\"552\" height=\"412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filter.watch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/Screenshot-from-2023-08-29-04-00-39.png 552w, https:\/\/filter.watch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/Screenshot-from-2023-08-29-04-00-39-300x224.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 552px) 100vw, 552px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment_4444\" class=\"wp-caption-text\" data-caption=\"Map%20of%20July%20internet%20disruption%20in%20Iran.%20Source%20IODA\">Loading...<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h1>Coincidence: Internet Disruptions Coincide With Return Of The Morality Police<\/h1>\n<p>On July 15, IODA data showed a disruption on <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Border_Gateway_Protocol\">BGP<\/a> which is an internet routing protocol and Active Probing, meaning there were routing issues that probably led to internet disruptions on a national scale. This also marked the day that Iran\u2019s so-called morality police <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/iran-morality-police-womens-dress-code\/video-66480159\">returned<\/a> to the streets after laying low for many months following the tragic death of <a href=\"https:\/\/filter.watch\/en\/2022\/10\/17\/women-life-and-internet-shutdowns-network-monitor-september-2022\/\">Mahsa (Jina) Amini<\/a>.&nbsp; Many Iranians believe that the internet disruptions on this day were intentional to suppress free speech.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4445\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment_4445\" style=\"width: 386px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/filter.watch\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/Screenshot-from-2023-08-29-04-02-41.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4445\" src=\"https:\/\/filter.watch\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/Screenshot-from-2023-08-29-04-02-41.png\" alt=\"Internet disruptions between July 15 and 16- Source: IODA\" width=\"386\" height=\"278\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filter.watch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/Screenshot-from-2023-08-29-04-02-41.png 386w, https:\/\/filter.watch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/Screenshot-from-2023-08-29-04-02-41-300x216.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 386px) 100vw, 386px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment_4445\" class=\"wp-caption-text\" data-caption=\"Internet%20disruptions%20between%20July%2015%20and%2016-%20Source%3A%20IODA\">Loading...<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Journalist Ehsan Mazandarani <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ehsanmzni\/status\/1680337558922731521\">compared<\/a> the situation with Ahmadinejad\u2019s time. \u201cThe internet is rapidly returning to the era of Ahmadinejad\u201d, he posted on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>Activist Mohammad Toopchi <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mtphilosophy\/status\/1680173823826579456\">posted<\/a> on Twitter: \u201cThey are openly and officially in a war with people over the internet\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite all online criticisms and protests, Iranian officials did not demonstrate any response or provide any comments regarding the nation-wide disruptions.<\/p>\n<h1><b>Friday Shutdowns in Sistan and Baluchistan<\/b><\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.miaan.org\/publication\/the-crackdown-on-irans-people-of-sistan-and-baluchestan-through-targeted-internet-shutdowns-must-stop-now\/\">Fridays with no internet<\/a> in Sistan and Baluchistan continued into July.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4446\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment_4446\" style=\"width: 484px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/filter.watch\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/Screenshot-from-2023-08-29-04-03-31.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4446\" src=\"https:\/\/filter.watch\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/Screenshot-from-2023-08-29-04-03-31.png\" alt=\"Internet disruptions between in Sistan and Baluchestan- Source: IODA\" width=\"484\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filter.watch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/Screenshot-from-2023-08-29-04-03-31.png 484w, https:\/\/filter.watch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/Screenshot-from-2023-08-29-04-03-31-300x217.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 484px) 100vw, 484px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment_4446\" class=\"wp-caption-text\" data-caption=\"Internet%20disruptions%20between%20in%20Sistan%20and%20Baluchestan-%20Source%3A%20IODA\">Loading...<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h1>Other Remarkable Disruptions<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Alborz province: According to IODA data, there have been routing issues since July 6 in Alborz province.<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Zanjan province: IODA data showed a big dip on July 20 as well as July 21 on active probing, the same type of issue was observed on July 26 plus this time BGP was also disturbed which meant there was a routing issue.<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Kurdistan: We observed that Kurdistan province lost half of its BGP routing on July 7 followed by active probing loss as well.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While we are approaching the anniversary of Mahsa Amini's death, Sistan and Baluchistan still faces weekly internet outages while Iranian government officials continue to avoid taking any responsibility for these disruptions. Overall during the month of July, internet disruptions affected several border cities and provinces including West Azerbaijan in the northwest of Iran to Khuzestan<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/filter.watch\/english\/2023\/08\/29\/despite-denial-by-iranian-authorities-weekly-internet-shutdowns-continue-in-zahedan\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">\"Despite Denial by Iranian Authorities, Weekly Internet Shutdowns Continue In Zahedan\"<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":4443,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-network-monitor","entry"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filter.watch\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4442","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filter.watch\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filter.watch\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filter.watch\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filter.watch\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4442"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/filter.watch\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4442\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filter.watch\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filter.watch\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filter.watch\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filter.watch\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}