Overview
- NetBlocks reports the shutdown has extended beyond 84 hours with connectivity at a tiny fraction of normal, cutting global traffic while state-run channels remain accessible.
- Officials are enforcing selective access to a limited set of domestic sites as international calls and much mobile data remain blocked, with some regions losing even the national intranet.
- Human-rights monitors cite sharply rising tolls, with HRANA reporting at least 544 people killed and 10,681 arrested, figures Amnesty says it is working to verify under the blackout.
- Economic and social life is heavily disrupted as banking and payments fail, flights are canceled, hospital and pharmacy systems struggle, and families lose contact with loved ones.
- Circumvention efforts rely on Starlink, border cell signals and radio despite jamming and interference, as activists report partial improvements in Tehran and President Trump signals possible U.S. responses.