How Iran switched off the internet — and Iranians fought back
Tehran went from ‘halal internet’ to near-total blackout but activists have smuggled in Starlink devices to get information out...
Jan 14Financial TimesPolitics
Tehran went from ‘halal internet’ to near-total blackout but activists have smuggled in Starlink devices to get information out...
Cut off from the outside world, Iran has been convulsed by some of the worst violence since the 1979 Islamic revolution...
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