Iran’s Internet Mostly Down for 5th Day, With Slight Easing of Access in South
A major Internet outage in Iran aimed at suppressing anti-government protests has extended into a 5th day, with access levels rising slightly as authorities said they reconnected several regions to the web. Real-time technical data corroborate reports in #Iran news media that some connectivity is being restored, although only partially.At the current time national connectivity has risen further to 10%.Follow our live report for updates on the situation 📰https://t.co/1Al0DT8an1— NetBlocks.org (@netblocks) November 21, 2019 In a series of Thursday tweets, London-based Internet monitoring group NetBlocks said Iran’s almost-total Internet shutdown began to ease after 113 hours, with the national connectivity rate rising from 5% to 10%. Connectivity had plummeted to about 5% late Saturday and mostly remained at that level until Thursday afternoon Iran time. Iranian state news agencies reported…