The internet blackout in Iran has entered its 88th consecutive day, despite multiple officials from the 14th administration promising for days that access would be restored to its pre-January state.
However, just as officials from Masoud Pezeshkian’s administration were announcing the start of a process to fully restore internet connectivity within 24 hours, the Court of Administrative Justice announced that it had issued an injunction suspending the resolution that established the “Special Task Force for Organizing and Steering the Country’s Cyberspace.”
NetBlocks, the independent internet monitor, confirmed the development in its latest report, stating: “Despite the President’s directive yesterday to restore access, the internet blackout continues.”
On Tuesday afternoon, May 26, the Court announced that “following the filing of complaints, it has ordered the suspension of the resolution creating the ‘Special Task Force for Organizing and Steering the Country’s Cyberspace,’” adding that “until a final ruling is reached on the submitted complaints, the resolutions and decisions of this task force cannot be implemented.”
The statement did not disclose further details regarding the complaints, such as the identity of the plaintiffs or the legal grounds for the challenge.
