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Iran’s internet blackout has reached eight weeks, with residents facing restricted access for 57 days, internet monitoring watchdog NetBlocks said Saturday.
The disruption began after the U.S. and Israel attacked Tehran on Feb. 28 and has now lasted 1,344 hours, according to the group.
NetBlocks said the prolonged disruption has significantly affected communication and daily life across the country.
“The disruption, now entering its 57th day after 1344 hours, stifles the voices of Iranians, leaves friends and family out of touch and damages the economy,” the watchdog said.
Earlier this month, NetBlocks described the ongoing blackout as the “longest nation-scale internet shutdown on record in any country.”
The current blackout has remained in place since the start of the conflict following the U.S. and Israel’s attack on Tehran.
Iran had also imposed a separate internet and communications blackout in January, according to the report.
That earlier shutdown was aimed at obscuring evidence of what was described as the deadliest crackdown by the state on its own people since the founding of the Islamic Republic nearly 47 years ago.
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