{"id":96819,"date":"2026-01-09T09:11:28","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T04:11:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=96819"},"modified":"2026-01-09T09:11:28","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T04:11:28","slug":"internet-blackout-imposed-across-iran-as-protests-intensify","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/world\/internet-blackout-imposed-across-iran-as-protests-intensify\/","title":{"rendered":"Internet blackout imposed across Iran as protests intensify"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TEHRAN: The Islamic Republic of Iran is once again in the grip of a severe <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/business\/oil-prices-slide-as-venezuela-crisis-shakes-global-markets\/\">crisis<\/a>, with economic collapse bringing people to the streets.<\/p>\n<p>Internet monitoring group Netblocks confirmed that a nationwide internet blackout has been in effect in Iran since Thursday evening, in what appears to be the government\u2019s last-ditch effort to quell the protests.<\/p>\n<p>The blackout came as protests intensified, with hundreds of thousands of people blocking roads and chanting anti-regime slogans in cities across the country, including Tehran.<\/p>\n<p>Qatar News Agency reporter Tohid Asadi reported from Tehran that several neighborhoods in the capital took to the streets from 8pm on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Several roads were blocked as they passed through central areas of the city, with clashes between police and protesters and strong slogans against the political leadership.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TEHRAN: The Islamic Republic of Iran is once again in the grip of a severe crisis, with economic collapse bringing people to the streets. Internet monitoring group Netblocks confirmed that a nationwide internet blackout has been in effect in Iran since Thursday evening, in what appears to be the government\u2019s last-ditch effort to quell the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":96820,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[396,33585],"class_list":["post-96819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world","tag-iran","tag-protests-intensify"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96819","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=96819"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96819\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":96821,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96819\/revisions\/96821"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/96820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}