A senior regime official has acknowledged that billions of tomans circulate through Iran’s VPN market, raising fresh questions about who profits from restrictions imposed...
With internet access reduced to near zero and inequality institutionalized, Iran faces a volatile convergence of economic collapse, social anger, and state repression.
In April...
New “International Stable Internet” plan grants privileged connectivity to approved groups while millions remain offline, deepening concerns over digital inequality in Iran
Amid mounting criticism...
Prolonged nationwide disruptions expose the regime’s strategy of censorship, repression, and selective digital access
In authoritarian systems, every instrument—from ideology and economics to communication networks—serves...
Prolonged internet restrictions in Iran—justified under “security conditions”—are crippling businesses, accelerating unemployment, and deepening an already fragile economic crisis.
Despite a temporary halt in military...
A prolonged digital shutdown is crippling the economy, deepening social fractures, and exposing a crisis of governance
What was once considered an emergency measure has,...
NetBlocks reports one of the world’s most severe connectivity disruptions as authorities restrict access while promising limited connections for selected users.
A new report by...
How coordinated harassment linked to monarchist networks—and systematically exploited by Tehran—mirrors global disinformation tactics used to silence dissent.
For many Iranian activists, journalists, and political...
Why peer-to-peer access tools like Psiphon Conduit are turning the regime’s internet shutdowns into a losing strategy
Expensive commercial VPNs have become a double burden...
Satellite dishes and Starlink equipment targeted amid prolonged internet blackout
A Coordinated Campaign Against Information Access
As the Iranian regime authorities grow increasingly alarmed by citizens’...
A deep examination of “white SIMs” and class-based internet access in Iran, exposing how the regime’s filtered system fuels inequality, corruption, and political repression.
For...
Regime-run media accidentally expose the secretive power structure behind nationwide censorship and the discriminatory “white internet.”
The regime’s own media has inadvertently revealed the depth...
Location transparency on X reveals unfiltered government access, organized troll farms, and covert political operations posing as opposition voices.
A newly activated feature on X,...
A new parliamentary proposal in Iran seeks to criminalize collaboration with foreign institutions and media, tightening control over society and isolating academia.
A New Tool...
