Iran’s president internet access
Tehran (dpa) — Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has ordered the restoration of international internet access, the Fars news agency reported on Monday.
He was responding to a decision by a “special task force” that had previously voted in favour of reauthorizing internet access for the population.
No specific date for lifting the blockade has been announced so far, however. In mid-May, Iranian media reported on a possible date of June 5.
The government has almost completely blocked access to the global internet since the start of the war with the US and Israel on February 28.
Since then, the roughly 90 million Iranians have only been able to use the so-called “national internet” in which only state-approved websites can be accessed.
The shutdown had major economic consequences as well as social ones. More than 1 million online traders in the country were badly affected, with their income severely restricted by the blockade.
The state officially justifies the shutdown by citing security concerns. It is widely assumed, however, that the leadership wanted to prevent reports, images and videos spreading on social media about the true extent of the damage from the war.
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