{"id":262155,"date":"2026-05-27T01:27:37","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T16:27:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/uncategorized\/2026\/05\/27\/87-day-internet-blackout-iran-begins-restoring-global-access\/"},"modified":"2026-05-27T01:27:37","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T16:27:37","slug":"87-day-internet-blackout-iran-begins-restoring-global-access","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/politics\/2026\/05\/27\/87-day-internet-blackout-iran-begins-restoring-global-access\/","title":{"rendered":"87-Day Internet Blackout: Iran Begins Restoring Global Access"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Translation result<\/p>\n<div class=\"ynaobject\" ynaimage ynatype_01><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"yna_img\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-union.tenbizt.com\/contents\/crawler-dev\/image\/2026\/05\/CP-2023-0139\/image-a6f176c1-60d7-4c1f-8549-66fb167a27df.jpeg\" alt><span class=\"yna_title\">Tehran resident looking at a smartphone<\/span><span class=\"yna_caption\">[AP=Yonhap archive photo. Resale and database use prohibited]<\/span><span class=\"yna_description\">[AP=Yonhap archive photo. Resale and database use prohibited]<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<p> Local media reported on May 26 (local time) that President Masoud Pezeshkian ordered relevant ministries to restore international internet connections that authorities had cut after the outbreak of war. State television said that, following the president\u2019s directive, wired access to overseas internet began to be restored gradually that afternoon. Iran\u2019s First Vice President Mohammad Reza Aref wrote on X that \u201cfollowing the president\u2019s assignment and in line with the government\u2019s promise, we have taken the first step toward \u2018free and disciplined\u2019 access to cyberspace.\u201d He said reopening the internet would pave the way for smart services, meet the demands of citizens who have stepped forward for the regime and for Iran, and remove barriers that have hindered knowledge-based development and the establishment of academic authority. Internet monitor NetBlocks said Iran began a partial restoration that afternoon after an 87-day blackout, noting that the 2,093 hours of shutdown was the longest nationwide internet outage in modern history. On Jan. 8, authorities shut down the internet nationwide while forcefully suppressing anti-government protests; service was partially restored in February. After U.S. and Israeli airstrikes on Feb. 28 triggered the war, authorities ordered another blackout. Since then, Iran has allowed mainly domestic access except in very limited cases, prompting criticism that the regime used the shutdown to control public opinion. #Iran #Internet #Restoration Yonhap News TV \u2014 tips and inquiries: KakaoTalk\/Line jebo23; Mun Hyung-min (moonbro@yna.co.kr)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iran&#8217;s president orders restoration of foreign internet connections, previously blocked due to war, with gradual access resuming.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/cdn-union.tenbizt.com\/contents\/crawler-dev\/thumbnail\/2026\/05\/CP-2023-0139\/thumb-0b1eefbd-f831-4df2-894a-e1fd8f0081f0.jpg","footnotes":""},"categories":[278093],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-262155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This 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