Iran partially restores internet after 88-day blackout: What to know |
Iran partially restores internet after 88-day blackout: What to know
The move comes after a nearly three-month internet blackout, marking it as one of the longest outages ever.
Beatrice Farhat
May 26, 2026
An Iranian woman walks past a mobile phone shop at the Valiasr Square in Tehran on April 19, 2026. The internet blackout, which was imposed soon after the US and Israel attacked Iran on Feb. 28, was already the longest nationwide shutdown on record as of April 5, according to NetBlocks. — ATTA KENARE / AFP via Getty Images
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Iran’s internet connectivity was partially restored on Tuesday, one day after President Masoud Pezeshkian ordered the reopening of internet access following 88 days of a near-total digital blackout that had largely isolated the country from the rest of the world since war between Iran, the United States and........