Jun 13, 2026 – 5.00amIranians were cut off from the world for 88 days, the world’s longest ever internet blackout.The brutal Islamist regime started to restore access on May 26 and in the days since, I interviewed five residents in Tehran, Amol and Karaj. They spoke to me about surviving the January massacres – where the government slaughtered over 30,000 protesters – the terror of the American and Israeli bombings that began on February 28.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Saba VasefiHuman rights journalistDr Saba Vasefi is an award-winning human rights journalist, an academic at the University of Sydney, and a visiting research fellow at Oxford University. She specialises in state violence.Fetching latest articles
Inside the Tehran blackout where resistance never died
After an 88-day blackout, residents reveal the complex relief of seeing regime figures targeted, despite the terror of foreign bombs.
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