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Iranwire – News agencies affiliated with military and security institutions in Iran have released a video showing Majid Mousavi, Commander of the IRGC Aerospace Force, visiting one of the Islamic Republic’s underground missile cities. In addition to the video, the news outlet Entekhab published a written message from Mousavi, claiming that “unlike Iran, the enemy has been unable to replenish …

RFL/RE – Nearly 50 days after Iran imposed a near-total nationwide Internet shutdown, two members of Iran’s parliament have offered a glimpse of the authorities’ thinking on the restrictions. Fazlollah Ranjbar, a member of the parliament’s Social Affairs Commission, said on April 17 in an interview with the semiofficial ILNA news agency that “it may not be advisable for the …

iranintl – Freelancers and small business owners say their incomes have collapsed and daily operations have halted during Iran’s prolonged internet shutdown, which NetBlocks said has caused $1.8 billion in losses over 48 days. “I work as a freelance web developer and my income has dropped to zero because of the internet outage. I am selling my belongings to cover …

Iranwire – NetBlocks, the independent internet monitoring organization, said on Thursday, April 9, that the internet blackout in Iran has now crossed 960 hours. In a post on its X (formerly Twitter) account, the organization stated: “It is now the 41st day of the internet shutdown in Iran, and the government-imposed restrictions on access to global networks have passed the …

alarabiya – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in remarks made public Friday said his country could help unblock the Strait of Hormuz, whose closure by Iran has rattled the global economy. Iran has placed a stranglehold on the key shipping lane — threatening fuel supplies and roiling the global economy — in retaliation for US-Israeli strikes that triggered the Middle East …

alarabiya – The International Atomic Energy Agency said on Sunday that Iran’s heavy water production plant at Khondab, which the country reported had been attacked on March 27, has suffered severe damage and is no longer operational. The installation contains no declared nuclear material, the UN nuclear watchdog added in a social media post on X. The Israeli military confirmed …

Iranwire – NetBlocks, the independent internet monitor, has said that the internet shutdown in Iran has now entered its 20th day, with public access to the global internet cut off for more than 456 hours. According to the organization, this is now the longest recorded blackout in Iranian history, even longer than the internet shutdown imposed during the January protests. …

Iranwire – In the political environment of the Islamic Republic – and among those who advocate Islamic governance – the question now being asked is: what has become of Ali Khamenei’s nuclear fatwa after his death? A letter attributed to Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of the slain leader and now the third leader of the government, was published five days …

Iranwire – On Wednesday, March 11, the spokesperson for the IRGC’s Khatam al-Anbiya Headquarters said that American and Israeli banks in the region could become potential targets. He stated: “People in the region should stay away from a one-kilometer radius of American and Israeli banks.” The IRGC spokesperson claimed that the U.S. and Israeli militaries had targeted one of the …

iranintl – Iran’s government said on Tuesday that it is providing special internet access to select users capable of promoting its messaging online, even as the country remains under what monitoring groups call one of the most severe nationwide internet shutdowns ever recorded. Much of that privileged access is believed to operate through so-called “white SIM cards” – mobile lines …