Iran’s internet blackout has lasted more than 1,000 hours, monitor says
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Kitchen_Letter8775@reddit
Iran has been under massive cyberattacks by Israel and the US, including on its banking as well as fuel distribution systems. An internet shutdown is the only viable way to block the attacks by NSA and Aman.
tomeir@reddit
Yeah, attacks which started a month and half after the internet shutdown.
Kitchen_Letter8775@reddit
The shutdown was over for about a month between the protests and the start of the war. Moreover, the shutdown is supposed to be a preventative measure, and Trump had been threatening Iran at least from early January.
Haze_Yourself@reddit
Hence the complaining. We have to sit here and pretend these outlets just want the Iranian people to have a say. Not that the cyber front has less surface area to attack through.
voidox@reddit
yup, most of the ppl cheering on this war and defending it are usually just Israel genocide defenders and/or warhawks who then use the "omg we care about the Iranian people!" to try and justify bombing and killing said Iranian people they claim to care about, insane stuff.
and OP is exactly just one of those, he defends Israel's genocide and is doing this with the Iran war. Notice how the accounts that defend genocide are the ones who post these types of links on the sub, 3 of them right now on the front page all by genocide defender accounts.
bl123123bl@reddit
This in unique in that it’s not an oppressive act on a dissenting population; rather, it’s viewed as an act of operations security in a time of war with the reformist group of the population lock step with the regime
MelodiusRA@reddit
Note:
The lockdown was in place before the war started in order to oppress the dissenting population
bl123123bl@reddit
The protests against the economy existed a month before the Trump admitted foreign armed violence that coincided with threats of invasion from the US
MelodiusRA@reddit
Peacefully?
lmao are you not even trying to hide that you’re spreading disinformation?
bl123123bl@reddit
Yes the protests started in December(and existed decentralized before then) and were largely peaceful
The violence started in January with arms and influence from the US/Israel, Trump has openly admitted to funneling weapons into Iran for it
WestcoastAlex@reddit
you are correct. the timeline is easy to confirm.
there was no violence the first week, there was no police violence either
armed groups arrived in the second week, they shot at police and burned busses, ambulances, etc so the police got violent
Trump and others confirmed outside (israel) agents were there to 'help' the Iranians. Netanyahu was reported to be mad at Mossad for not being able to trigger an uprising
notice too there is a new head of Mossad now 😆
https://www.timesofisrael.com/netanyahu-said-frustrated-that-mossad-promises-of-iran-uprising-have-fallen-short/
MelodiusRA@reddit
begone bot
bl123123bl@reddit
I’m sorry you don’t like reality, go seek therapy to correct this
Jugaimo@reddit
Yeah, and then the peaceful protests turned into violent suppression. Idiotic bot.
bl123123bl@reddit
Glazing over the US/Israel admitting to funneling weapons into to protests to incite violence
MaestroRozen@reddit
For US and Israel to be able to add fuel to the fire, the fire had to be burning in the first place. Let's not pretend that Iranian people don't have legitimate grievance against the funamentalisy dictatorship they're living under, and let's not pretend that said dictatorship wouldn't resort to bullets to "restore peace" once protests got too large as they did before, peaceful or no, Western interference or no.
Jugaimo@reddit
Is it so hard to imagine that people don’t want to live under a theocratic regime all by themselves?
bl123123bl@reddit
No, reformists are a large part of Iran and their government, they are who Obama negotiated the nuclear deal with; however, real positive change is only possible without US and Israeli interference
Jugaimo@reddit
These people have no chance at a successful revolt. The existing regime brutally murders anybody suspected of being agains them, accusing them of being foreign assets without any shred of evidence. They NEED help. Mindlessly glazing Iran while they perpetuate decades of violent suppression is ridiculous and proof you lack any empathy when it challenges your worldview.
KronusTempus@reddit
Trump is truly a great unifier
Blackout38@reddit
Irans no more unified than the us is.
KronusTempus@reddit
When there’s a senile idiot in power threatening to erase your civilization, I’m not surprised that the Iranians have chosen to set aside their differences for the moment
Blackout38@reddit
The Internet is out they only see what goes across the tv which also includes threats of brutal reprisals to anyone aiding the enemy i.e. protesting. There’s even an armed group of about 5000-7000 that declared war against the regime on Friday calling themselves “The Defenders of the Homeland” with a very Persian and secular manifesto.
This is far from a straight forward situation.
WestcoastAlex@reddit
they still have sattalite t.v.
Iranians know whats going on. the outside internet was cut to prevent instructions being sent to israeli agents operating inside the country
Professional-Syrup-0@reddit
You act like any other government would tolerate treason, when in fact every single government on this planet considers it one of the worst crimes possible with punishments ranging all the way up to death.
That includes the US which in the past even has executed people for such treacherous acts like desecrating an American flag.
loggy_sci@reddit
“Iranians are unified and anyone who disagrees is a traitor”
Yup typical autocrat-worshiping leftist
Blackout38@reddit
I’ll give you a chance to guess why the only example you can find of that is during the civil war more than 100 years ago. But please go on talking like it’s a rule and we haven’t been burning the flag at anti war rallies since.
ThevaramAcolytus@reddit
Yeah, they have about as much relevance, chance of success, and worthiness of being even acknowledged or mentioned amidst the backdrop of ongoing events and this situation as the post-2021 Afghan "resistance" of the Panjshir valley which rose for an afternoon to create a few internet videos. I.e. a non-factor non-entity.
Don't inflate and puff them up here as if they're something with sway.
bl123123bl@reddit
Iran is infinitely more unified than the US at this moment
Blackout38@reddit
Only because the us is a free country where we can voice our criticisms. Iranians are under threat from the regime of brutal reprisals for siding with the enemy if they wanted to voice opposition rn.
Show_Me_Your_Rocket@reddit
Say that to victims of ICE, victims of police brutality and racism, victims of the wealthy epstein class, victims of life-breaking health insurance, victims of processed sugars, young victims of gun-lobbying.
The only thing Americans are free from is critical thinking skills, ans is fucking up everyone else. Fucking fix your country, please.
WestcoastAlex@reddit
over 1000 dead each year in police custody
Blackout38@reddit
Gladly, point me in their direction
voidox@reddit
good lord you are in ur own MAGA cult world eh, just "get up" to victims of state abuse, oppression, brutality, kidnapping, imprisonment, etc.
it's easy to be an asshole and say "just get up" sitting in ur home all safe and sound having never faced any of this yet here you are all over this thread defending the US government and acting like it's amazing.
bl123123bl@reddit
College students arrested with their admissions revoked, legal immigrants with status revoked, boycotting legislated to be illegal, and people on TV every night telling us we need to be prepared to die for a foreign country
We aren’t free as long as we’re beholden to Israel
Dvine24hr@reddit
So, zero citizens being arrested for opinions you say?
WestcoastAlex@reddit
tomato 🍅 tomato
RedTulkas@reddit
i d say getting shot in the street counts
EvilThundr@reddit
For trying to run over law enforcement.
lolidkwtfrofl@reddit
Which happened how often compared to the 40k+ in Iran?
Professional-Syrup-0@reddit
So Americans must just be naturally more criminal by default as explanation why they lock up more of each other in prisons than any other developed country?
Among the millions of incarcerated Americans, nearly a quarter of which without any sentence, there ain’t a single political prisoner?
Nobody wrongly incarcerated for profits with a massive for profit prison system?
Thats probably the reason why the US to this day refuses UN inspectors access to its domestic prisons, everything there is just so awesome that no independent inspectors are needed, trust me bro;
Blackout38@reddit
And they went to jail, where they got lawyers, and many will get pay days and their day in court. The immigration stuff is bad of course but I’d love to compare numbers on it if you think this is a great point you are making. In Iran they visit the noose.
Last year Iran executed 1639 a 68% increase from the year prior and as a state lead the world in child executions.
Great whataboutism there. Really proved me wrong!
TachiH@reddit
Come back when your country doesn't also execute prisoners. You picked a real odd justification considering the US allows the death penalty.
America has the highest rate of incarcerated people in the world.
_sonisalsonamedBort@reddit
One of the few countries to execute people with mental disabilities. People say American has recently become morally reprehensible, I think it always was
Blackout38@reddit
“Oh the us has the highest incarceration rate so you can’t talk about the women and children being executed for free speech and blasphemy”
That you right now. But hey remind me how many prisoners the US executed last year? Was it more than 1639 or are you just using a whataboutism to be disingenuous and paint a false equivalence?
As if the US doesn’t agonize over every prisoner executed and take years to life before it even happens.
Professional-Syrup-0@reddit
In the U.S. women have been denied their own bodily autonomy by a bunch of religious lunatics, while people protesting these Christian fascist developments are basically executed in the streets, and the responsible administration gloating with memes over it.
How many women and children has the US killed in the Middle East during its last two decades of “crusade on terror”? Blown up any girls schools recently?
Blackout38@reddit
Oh great point buddy! Skip over the part I said about Iran being exactly what Trump wants and they are both fascist countries one is just way further a long?
Again with the whataboutisms if you want to compare numbers I’m happy to but I think all war and state sponsored murder is wrong not just the ones my side is against. Have fun arguing against that.
Professional-Syrup-0@reddit
This is flat out wrong, these days most U.S. criminal proceedings end with plea deals as the accused usually lack the funds for long and protracted legal battles while being faced with absurdly draconian punishments if they decide to fight for their rights.
So most people just settle for plea deals that the prosecution can still sell as a “win”, very similar to what’s happened in Japan with its equally absurdly inflated conviction rates.
barc0debaby@reddit
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/04/trump-admin-hounds-reddit-to-reveal-identity-of-user-who-criticized-ice/
Blackout38@reddit
Pressure isn’t the same thing as doing it lol but great false equivalence. Like I said further down they are both fascist, Iran is just further along.
voidox@reddit
https://historyofinformation.com/detail.php?id=3577
https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/note/join/2013/474405/IPOL-LIBE_NT%282013%29474405_EN.pdf
https://www.eff.org/nsa-spying
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/12/04/what-does-palantir-do-explained/
https://www.theguardian.com/world/interactive/2013/nov/01/snowden-nsa-files-surveillance-revelations-decoded#section/1
https://nypost.com/2024/03/09/opinion/us-companies-are-sellling-your-personal-data-to-the-government/
https://epic.org/the-33-data-brokers-selling-us-data-to-foreign-actors-according-to-california/
ya sure, "all of them" just wait it out and refuse, totally never comply or some times just give over information.
Rovcore001@reddit
You lot are not free, lol. You literally live in a surveillance state.
Blackout38@reddit
Is that state in the room with us right now? My banks still have analogs.
voidox@reddit
https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/2048/text
https://www.fincen.gov/resources/statutes-and-regulations/usa-patriot-act
https://bja.ojp.gov/program/it/privacy-civil-liberties/authorities/statutes/1286
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_surveillance_in_the_United_States#USA_Freedom_Act
loggy_sci@reddit
If you say anything positive about the U.S. in this sub you’ll get mobbed by anti-American shills and bots, just fyi. This sub is a joke now.
CoffeeWorldly9915@reddit
You get mobbed when the positive thing you say is actually not a positive thing, which is something that tends to happen with U.S. unconditionals. Thing is, there's politically not much (like 0.001%) positive to say about the U.S., especially as of late.
loggy_sci@reddit
If you say anything positive about the U.S. in this sub you’ll get mobbed by anti-American shills and bots, just fyi.
Blackout38@reddit
I know. You can make the most vanilla statement too
loggy_sci@reddit
It’s mostly a handful of people. This sub used to be much better but it’s gone to shit due to the current mod
anticomet@reddit
Nah it's because America is bombing Iranian children. Shit like that makes people band together
Blackout38@reddit
If that were the case there’d be no need for threats. Unity without fear is the best kind of unity.
setebos_@reddit
The "Reformist" faction is not what you would call liberal, they are a theocratic faction, they play at election with the hardliners with the results predetermined.
Ok_Currency_617@reddit
"While Iran’s domestic intranet remains operational — supporting local messaging apps, banking platforms and other services — access to the global internet has been severely restricted since early February."
Literally no operational security if messaging apps are working. This is literally trying to hide the news from them not keeping them from talking.
loggy_sci@reddit
Iranian bot
bl123123bl@reddit
Womp womp go die for israel
kirito52999@reddit
also local services are available from what i have seen. i have seen many iranian talk with just a simple vpn in twitter.
guylovesleep@reddit
well not that surprise because if i remember correctly
the internet is blocked with starlinked
and even when our gov used i was quite easily able to bypass it the moment i was able to connect to vpn(which is a free vpn btw)
that quite literally increased the internet speed by 100kb/s(it was around 0.1-0.7 before the vpn)
but it isnt that stable tho
like only for 30-60mins after that i had to try and reconnect to vpns
ThevaramAcolytus@reddit
Thoroughly understandable. Beyond understandable even.
They're facing major external threats and a foreign war of aggression imposed on them aiming to subjugate or destroy them as a country. The Iranian authorities, in light of this context and situation, can justify anything and everything in service of their national defense.
balvonas11@reddit
Yes, the terrorist regime is right in supressing their people who want freedom from Islamic insanity!
bl123123bl@reddit
The terrorist regime is israel
balvonas11@reddit
Yeah okay keep deluding yourself, free palpatine and all that other propoganda
bl123123bl@reddit
Bomb Israel
balvonas11@reddit
Yeah good luck with that, goat fuckers
Catalani@reddit
Death to the IDF 🥰
Aggravating-Fee1934@reddit
Two things can be bad at once. In fact, any number of things can be bad at the same time.
Red1220@reddit
I wonder why they had to do that? Hm? Also, they’re internal Iranian internet is still very much on for all to use it’s only the international internet that is blocked, so they are not completely blocked off.
And if you have a problem with this, you should also have a problem with Israel declaring a media lockdown, censoring any and all images of damage or injury to infrastructure and civilians, and also blocking any foreign media from being played in Israel.
RisingDeadMan0@reddit
Almost42 days, and supposedly blocked the stationary Starlinks, but havent been able to block the mobile ones. And i wonder if Israeli media are still boasting about being on the ground in Iran still....
Remind me to a small extent to the Kashmir blackout, i dont remember quite how long that lasted though, although suituation there is different, not at war, just under occupation.
Firecracker048@reddit (OP)
Again, before anyone says it, no I'd love to not use Times of Israel so here are other links that can't get posted as the main article:
https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/iran-passes-1000-hours-offline
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Internet_blackout_in_Iran
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