Nearly all of the Iranian internet has been down for 43+ hours but, as was the case with last month's shutdown, there is a tiny amount of traffic still getting passed.
Within the remaining traffic, we can see subsequent outages, possibly caused by continued US/IL airstrikes…🧵
IODA shows the Internet in Iran has been cutoff from the global Internet since ~7:00 AM UTC. The regime implemented a similar Internet shutdown when Israel attacked Iran in June of 2025.
Follow connectivity in Iran in near realtime:
ioda.inetintel.cc.gatech.edu/country/IR?f...
Internet connectivity down in Iran as airstrikes hit the country.
Traffic volume dropped at 07:06 UTC and then again at 11:47 UTC with minimal connectivity remaining.
The country had a partial restoration since Jan-27 following a complete shutdown in Jan-8.
Internet connectivity in Iran is now in a near-complete shutdown, down about 98% vs the previous week. The disruption began around 07:00 UTC, following reports of military strikes — and in past incidents the government has responded with nationwide Internet shutdowns.
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❗️Yesterday, #Gabon started blocking access to social media
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‼️ Last week, #Uganda experienced a 5-day internet shutdown during its 2026 general election.
Once internet access was restored, access to WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter/X was blocked.
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Iran's shutdown is now 15 days and counting. Small amounts of service have been restored in recent days.
#DigitalBlackoutIran #IranRevoIution2026
State telecom TIC (A49666) re-established many of its lost connections with outside providers, such as GBI (AS200612) at 22:02 UTC on Jan-22.
As two full weeks of #IranDigitalBlackout approaches, traffic again began to grow, starting around 18:00 UTC on 21-Jan. The growth was driven by large increases across several ASNs, and could potentially be related to an expanding whitelist of domains.
radar.cloudflare.com/dns/ir?dateR...
The IODA team completed a comparative analysis of the ongoing Internet shutdown in Iran to shutdowns during Bloody November in 2019, Women Life Freedom Movement in 2022, and the Israel-Iran War in 2025. Please read and reach out with any questions […]
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In this post for @kentik.bsky.social, I analyze the ongoing internet shutdown in Iran — one of the most severe communications blackouts in history.
#DigitalBlackoutIran #IranRevoIution2026
www.kentik.com/blog/from-st...
Some #Internet connectivity may be returning in #Iran, with traffic levels spiking ~50x just after midnight UTC on Saturday, January 17 (03:30 local time).
Follow radar.cloudflare.com/traffic/ir?d... for the latest traffic stats.
#DigitalBlackoutIran
Beginning to see signs of life for the internet of Iran! #DigitalBlackoutIran #IranianRevolution2026
An increase in traffic flowing into Iran began at 00:12 UTC (3:42am local) — note this restoration is still only currently at 0.2% of the bits/sec we were seeing prior to the shutdown on Jan-8.
IODA data confirms the ongoing, complete government-directed shutdown of the Internet in Iran since January 8th. Similar to the June 2025 shutdown during the Israel-Iran war, routing (BGP) is largely unaffected.
Follow connectivity in near realtime:
ioda.inetintel.cc.gatech.edu/country/IR?f...
24 hours on and #Internet connectivity in #Uganda remains almost completely unavailable. Services were suspended by order of @UCC_Official, with a "strictly defined exclusion list" permitting limited access to essential services.
radar.cloudflare.com/traffic/ug?d...
x.com/kyleville/st...
The #Internet shutdown in #Iran is now in its 7th day, approaching the duration of the country's December 2022 shutdown, and making it one of the longest Internet shutdowns on record.
radar.cloudflare.com/traffic/ir
#IranianRevolution2026 #DigitalBlackoutlran
The Ugandan government has appeared to follow through with a pre-announced Internet shutdown during national elections. IODA data confirms the drop in Internet connectivity.
Follow Internet connectivity in Uganda in near realtime:
ioda.inetintel.cc.gatech.edu/country/UG?f...
It appears that the expected #Internet shutdown in #Uganda has been implemented in advance of upcoming elections.
A message from UCC_Official said the suspension of services would be effective at 1800 (15:00 UTC). At that time, we saw traffic from Uganda drop, falling 95% in under 30 minutes.
Iran has almost completely disconnected itself from the global internet. Just after 16:30 UTC today, traffic volume into the country began plummeting.
The country has been gripped by growing protests in recent days & the Iranian govt has been selectively blocking internet services. #IranProtests
#Iran has now been largely offline for over 18 hours. It appears that access to @1111Resolver was briefly restored around 10:00 UTC. Internal data suggests some nominal traffic recovery starting around 09:00 UTC, but volumes remain extremely low.
radar.cloudflare.com/traffic/ir?d...
IODA's Active Probing measurements indicate Iran is nearly completely offline from the global Internet.
Follow connectivity in near realtime:
https://ioda.inetintel.cc.gatech.edu/country/IR?from=1765302138&until=1767894138&view=view1
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Today on Human Rights Day, we’re reminded that the struggle for human rights now extends into the digital world.
Protecting digital rights is part of protecting each other — and building a future where everyone can live, speak, and participate with freedom and dignity!
Authoritarianism is on the rise globally, and so is Internet censorship.
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