Iran begins lifting internet blockade after historic blackout

Iran began lifting its internet blockade after 88 days, the longest internet blackout in modern history.

Iran’s first vice president, Mohammad Reza Aref, announced in a Tuesday X post that the country would begin reopening the internet in line with a request from Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian. NetBlocks, an internet monitoring group, confirmed the same day that a “partial restoration” was taking place after “2093 hours of near-total isolation from international networks,” making it the longest internet shutdown in history.