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45 After US-Israel Attacks, 90 Million Iranians Lose Internet Connectivity

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EditorDavid @ Slashdot 3 place · today 12:35 EDT

After US-Israel Attacks, 90 Million Iranians Lose Internet Connectivity

CNN reports that images from Iran's capital "have shown cars jammed along Tehran's street, with heavy traffic on major roads after today's wave of attacks by the US and Israel." And though Iran has a population of 93 million, the attacks have left Iran in a near-total internet blackout "with 'national connectivity at 4% of ordinary levels,' according to internet monitoring experts at NetBlocks..."

Since Iran's brutal crackdown earlier this year, the regime has made progress to allow only a subset of people

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