January 9, 2026 12:12 PM

Iran imposes nationwide internet blackout

Iran has imposed a near-total nationwide internet blackout as anti-government protests enter their 13th day and spread across all 31 provinces. Monitoring group NetBlocks says connectivity across the country dropped sharply on the evening of January eighth and to the 9th morning.,with mobile phone services also severely disrupted. Rights groups report at least 45 protesters have been killed since the unrest began on December twenty-eighth, including children, with more than two-thousand-two-hun...