Iranian authorities yesterday announced the gradual easing of internet restrictions. Strict internet curbs had been gradually imposed since June 13, when Israel launched a major attack on Iran, which hit back with waves of missile str
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Iranian authorities yesterday announced the gradual easing of internet restrictions.
Strict internet curbs had been gradually imposed since June 13, when Israel launched a major attack on Iran, which hit back with waves of missile strikes. A ceasefire that came into force on Tuesday appears to be holding.
“The communication network is gradually returning to its previous state,” the Revolutionary Guards’ cyber unit said in a statement carried by state media.
It said Israel had waged a “widespread cyber war” with the goal of disrupting digital services and “abusing the network infrastructure to collect information and intensify the aggression”.
Iran’s communications minister, Sattar Hashemi, also said in a post on X: “With the normalisation of conditions, the state of communication access has returned to its previous conditions”.
Iranians have over the years grown accustomed to using virtual private networks, or VPNs, to bypass internet restrictions.
In December, Iran’s top council responsible for safeguarding the internet voted to lift a ban on the popular messaging application WhatsApp.
