Iran to restore internet services soon, telecom chief says

The head of Iran’s telecoms company told local media on Saturday that internet service would be restored “today or tomorrow”, the Fars news agency reported.

It also reported that the Supreme National Security Council had on Friday night approved the access to Internet connectivity and notified the communications ministry.

“God willing, this issue will be resolved today or tomorrow,” Behzad Akbari, chief executive of the Telecommunications Infrastructure Company, was quoted as saying by Fars.  

Under the cover of intense blackout in Iran, following the massive protests, Iranian authorities have launched a deadly crackdown on protesters, with rights groups documenting the death of thousands  and the Norway-based NGO Iran Human Rights saying the final figure could top 25,000.

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The officials have rolled out the death toll at 3,117, including 2,427 it has labelled martyrs. There has been efforts to restore internet facilities in the country as on Sunday, Yousef Pezeshkian, the son of President Masoud Pezeshkian and a government adviser, called for connectivity to be restored.  

He said “keeping the internet shut will create dissatisfaction and widen the gap between the people and the government”.

“This means those who were not and are not dissatisfied will be added to the list of the dissatisfied,” he wrote in a Telegram post.  

The internet facilities in Iran were cut off on January 8 during major protests that were sweeping across the country against the government rule signalling economic hardships.

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Fars reported a brief resumption of international internet access which “was cut off again after about 30 minutes”.