As the war has stretched into its third week, the Iranian government has blocked internet access for most of its 92 million citizens.

As U.S. and Israeli airstrikes continue across Iran for the third week, the state has imposed a near-total internet blockade for most Iranians while increasingly criminalizing and shutting down alternate methods of connecting to the web. The few workarounds available (international call packages, private network connections or Starlink) are becoming riskier, pricier and less reliable by the day.

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