The son of Iran's President, who is also a government adviser, called on Saturday (January 25, 2026) for internet connectivity to be restored, warning that the more than two-week blackout there would exacerbate anti-government sentiment.
Yousef Pezeshkian, whose father Masoud was elected President in 2024, said "keeping the internet shut will create dissatisfaction and widen the gap between the people and the government".
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"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 that was later picked up by the official IRNA news agency.
Such a risk, he said, was greater than that of a return to protests if connectivity were restored.
