Iran’s Digital Dark Age: How Tehran Silences Its People and Threatens Global Security

Just after nightfall on Thursday, Iran’s ruling theocracy took a chilling step that echoes authoritarian regimes worldwide: it severed almost all internet and telephone connections linking its 85 million citizens to the outside world. This deliberate blackout aims to silence a swelling wave of protests fueled by economic desperation and political repression. Why Is Iran Cutting Off Its Own People? From Tehran’s perspective, controlling information flow is a tactic as old as tyranny itself—designed to prevent inconvenient truths from reaching both domestic dissenters and international observers. But for Americans watching these events unfold, Iran’s communications blackout is more than just...