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Daily Tribune
7 days ago
- Politics
- Daily Tribune
Iran eases internet curbs after ceasefire with Israel
TDT | Tehran 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.
New Straits Times
7 days ago
- Politics
- New Straits Times
Iran eases internet curbs after ceasefire with Israel
TEHRAN: Iranian authorities on Wednesday announced the gradual easing of internet restrictions imposed during the 12-day war with Israel, following the implementation of a ceasefire between the longtime foes. 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." Israel's attack on Iran targeted Iranian nuclear facilities and killed top military commanders and nuclear scientists. Even before the war, Iranian authorities had internet restrictions in place especially on popular social media platforms including Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, and others. 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. On Wednesday, WhatsApp appeared to be still blocked in Iran, only accessible through VPN services. - AFP
NDTV
25-06-2025
- Politics
- NDTV
Iran Announces Easing Of Internet Restrictions After Ceasefire With Israel
Iranian authorities on Wednesday announced the gradual easing of internet restrictions imposed during the 12-day war with Israel, following the implementation of a ceasefire between the longtime foes. "The communication network is gradually returning to its previous state," said the Revolutionary Guards' cyber security command in a statement carried by state media. The country's communications minister, Sattar Hashemi, said in a post on X: "With the normalisation of conditions, the state of communication access has returned to its previous conditions".
LBCI
25-06-2025
- Politics
- LBCI
Iran eases internet curbs after ceasefire with Israel
Iranian authorities on Wednesday announced the gradual easing of internet restrictions imposed during the 12-day war with Israel, following the implementation of a ceasefire between the longtime foes. "The communication network is gradually returning to its previous state," said the Revolutionary Guards' cyber security command in a statement carried by state media. The country's communications minister, Sattar Hashemi, said in a post on X: "With the normalization of conditions, the state of communication access has returned to its previous conditions." AFP
The Hill
25-06-2025
- Politics
- The Hill
Iran restores internet connectivity after strikes
Internet connectivity has been restored in Tehran after repeated Israeli war strikes had taken it out, Iran's communications minister said Wednesday. 'With conditions returning to normal, the state of communication access has reverted to its previous state,' Sattar Hashemi wrote in a post on X. 'I sincerely apologize to all the people, especially the communications sector and the activists of the country's digital economy, for this imposed situation,' he added. The restoration comes after a 12-day war between Israel and Iran. The former struck the later with bombs targeting nuclear facilities in an effort to prevent it from obtaining nuclear weapons. The U.S. on Saturday joined the conflict with strikes on three different sites in Iran. Israeli officials said Iran's top military commanders and multiple top scientists were killed in the process. Iran has attempted to respond with offensive drone attacks that were largely hindered by Israeli technology. A tentative ceasefire reached earlier this week appeared to be holding amid battles over how successful the U.S. and Israeli strikes were in negating Iran's nuclear capability. President Trump and Defense Sec. Pete Hegseth pushed back on an early analysis from Pentagon intelligence that said the attacks may have only pushed by Iran's capabilities by a matter of months. The internal report found strikes of the three facilities delayed Iran's nuclear program by only a few months, and that Iran had moved much of its enriched uranium before the strikes, according to multiple outlets. Trump on Wednesday disputed those reports. 'If you knew about that material, it's very hard and very dangerous to move. It's called—many people, they call it dust— but it's very, very heavy. It's very, very hard to move. And they were way down. You know, they're 30 stories down. They're literally 30 to 35 stories down in the ground,' the president said.
