"Behind the heavily policed borders and the jammed signals, an unprecedented wave of state violence continues to add to a death toll somewhere between 3,000 and 30,000. Even at the lowest count, which has been acknowledged by the Iranian state and is likely a wild underestimate, these last few weeks have been one of the bloodiest uprisings in modern history."
"Since the weekend [of January 24], there has been some resumption of connectivity. And I'm a little bit worried that this might convince people that things are back to normal. Last I saw, there was like 30 to 40 percent connectivity on some of the Cloudflare network data in Iran and there's very inconsistent connectivity. Some circumvention tools have started to work."
"Randomly, someone in Iran FaceTime called me yesterday. They were like, "My VPN stopped working, so I just tried to call with FaceTime, and for some reason, it didn't even need a VPN." But it was a momentary glitch. Various things are happening across the network, and it's not really clear why there's this opening,"
The Iranian regime implemented the country's longest internet blackout after protests began in early January. The shutdown slowed the spread of information inside and outside Iran but did not halt demonstrations. State security forces carried out unprecedented violence, with reported deaths estimated between 3,000 and 30,000; even the lowest official number likely undercounts fatalities. Connectivity began to partially resume around January 24, with Cloudflare network data indicating roughly 30–40 percent reach in some areas and very inconsistent service. Circumvention tools and intermittent technical glitches have occasionally allowed communication without VPNs, but access remains fragile and uneven across the country.
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