After a two-week interruption… Iranian official: Internet service will return "Today or tomorrow"

The agency reported that the Supreme National Security Council approved the restart of the Internet on Friday night, and informed the Ministry of Communications about it.

Internet Service

quoted "Knight" Akbari, head of the company responsible for communications throughout Iran, said: "Solve this issue today or tomorrow".

She reported "Knight" With a brief restoration of the ability to connect to the Internet, it returns and"It goes off again after about 30 minutes". Organization monitored "netblocks" To monitor the Internet, this brief restoration.

The agency reported that officials in the Ministry of Communications informed it that restoring connectivity would take time. "Due to technical complexities"

Crackdown

In light of a blackout they imposed, the Iranian authorities launched a crackdown on the protesters. Human rights organizations documented the killing of thousands of people, with estimates that the total toll may exceed 25,000.

For its part, the Iranian authorities announced on Wednesday the first total toll of 3,117 dead, the vast majority (2,427) of whom were security forces or bystanders, and not demonstrators, which they describe as"Troublemakers"

Internet blocking

Youssef Pezeshkian, the son of Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, called on Saturday to restart the Internet service.

He said in a message on the Telegram application, reported by the official IRNA news agency, that the Internet blocking has been ongoing for more than two weeks. "It will widen the gap between the people and the government. This means that those who were not and still are not disaffected will be added to a list" The dissatisfied.

He added: "Blocking the Internet will not solve anything, it will only postpone the problem".