59 Days Offline: NetBlocks Labels It Total Human Rights Violation

NetBlocks, an independent organization that tracks global internet connectivity, said the ongoing internet blackout in Iran has now crossed 1,392 hours. In a post on its “X” (formerly Twitter) account, the group wrote: “Internet shutdown in Iran enters its 59th day; after 1,392 hours, the country remains almost entirely cut off from the outside world. This prolonged blackout continues to cast a digital veil of darkness over human rights violations within the country, preventing free access to information and the dissemination of realities on the ground.”

Despite making unverified and unsubstantiated claims about the “30 million” participants in the government-led “Jan-Fada” (Life-Sacrifice) initiative, authorities in the Islamic Republic have continued to restrict internet access across the country.

Earlier, Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi had said during the conflict with the United States and Israel, in interviews with international media, that the blackout was imposed solely for the “protection of the people during wartime” and for no other reason. However, even after the conflict ended and a ceasefire came into effect, the restrictions on internet access have continued.