Iran without internet for 60hrs

The internet shutdown in Iran continues amid its ongoing conflict with Israel, and it has largely been 60 hours now, a graph shared by cybersecurity watchdog NetBlocks.org showed on Saturday morning.

The shutdown, announced by Iranian authorities on Wednesday, is affecting the Iranian public’s ability to express political viewpoints, and follow safety alerts amid Israeli airstrikes. According to NBC, access to WhatsApp, Instagram, Apple App Store and the Google Play Store, had been blocked in the country.

The graph shared by the internet-access advocacy group shows internet restrictions starting in the country somewhere around June 16, with a nearly complete blackout from mid-Wednesday, June 18.