Iran's authorities restrict mobile internet access in several provinces, a day before new protests are expected to kick off following demonstrations calls on social media.
Iran's authorities have restricted mobile internet access in several provinces, a day before new protests were expected to kick off following calls for the demonstrations on social media.Mobile internet access to overseas sites was blocked in some cities, according to reportsHowever, a communications ministry spokesman denied there was an order to shut down the internet
The semi-official news agency ILNA quoted an informed source at the Communications and Information Technology Ministry, who said mobile internet access to overseas sites was blocked by"security authorities" in Alborz, Kurdestan and Zanjan provinces in central and western Iran and Fars in the south. "I just checked myself and asked a friend, and the internet is off on our mobiles," a resident in Ahvaz, the capital of the oil-rich Khuzestan province, told Reuters."No such order has been issued by the judiciary or other relevant authorities. The Fake News are at work," Jamal Hadian said in a Twitter post.
The internet blockage made it difficult for protesters to post videos on social media to generate support and also to obtain reliable reports on the extent of the unrest.
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