Iran Faces Near-Total Internet Collapse Amid Rising Conflict

Iran suffers widespread internet blackout during Israel conflict, web-monitoring firms report.
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Iran Faces Near-Total Internet Collapse Amid Rising Conflict
Iran Internet Blackout Leaves Nation in Digital Darkness Iran is currently experiencing one of the most severe internet disruptions in its history. As the military conflict with Israel intensifies, web-monitoring organizations report that Iran’s internet connectivity has nearly vanished. The Iran internet blackout is raising global concerns about digital freedom, cybersecurity, and the impact of warfare on information access. Within the first 24 hours of the sixth day of conflict, services across the country went dark, triggering alerts from top internet infrastructure trackers like NetBlocks, Cloudflare, and IODA. These firms have confirmed that this is not a typical outage—it’s a near-total shutdown.                           Image Credits:MINA/Middle East Images/AFP / Getty Images The Iran internet blackout has been validated by IODA (Internet Outage Detection and Analysis), a system that tracks large-scale connectivity disruptions. Their data visualizations reveal a sharp decline in …