Press Room

2026:

Georgia Tech's Internet Intelligence Lab:

From War to Sovereignty: The Normalization of Tiered Internet in Iran. (Apr 27, 2026)

Kentik.com:

Iran’s Internet Blackout: Peering into The World’s Worst Internet Shutdown. (Apr 17, 2026)

The Guardian:

Internet blackout is tool of desperate regime to isolate Iranians, say experts. (Mar 2, 2026)

NewYork Times:

Iran Turns to Digital Surveillance Tools to Track Down Protesters. (Feb 13, 2026)

Wired:

Iran’s Digital Surveillance Machine Is Almost Complete. (Feb 9, 2026)

The Guardian:

Chinese technology underpins Iran’s internet control, report finds. (Feb 9, 2026)

The Guardian:

Iran plans permanent break from global internet, say activists. (Jan 17, 2026)

The Telegraph:

Iran’s latest internet blackout extends to phones and Starlink. (Jan 16, 2026)

The Conversation:

Iran’s latest internet blackout extends to phones and Starlink. (Jan 16, 2026)

Financial Times:

How Iran switched off the internet. (Jan 14, 2026)

2025:

IETF 123 - Human Rights Protocol Considerations (hrpc):

Situation Report: 2025 Internet Shutdown - Iran. (Jul 21, 2025)

UK Home Office:

Country policy and information note: social media, surveillance and sur place activities, Iran. (Apr 2025, updated Jan 7, 2026)

2020:

Oxford Internet Institute:

Profiting from the Pandemic: Moderating COVID-19 Lockdown Protest, Scam, and Health Disinformation Websites. (Dec 2, 2020)

Article 19:

Iran: Tightening the Net 2020 - Internet Shutdown Report (Oct 25, 2020)

2013:

International Business Times:

Cyber-Rebels See Way To Get Around Iran’s VPN Internet Block. (Nov 3, 2013)