During the Operation Epic Fury, the Iranian regime once again has imposed full blackouts, cutting internet access for millions, leaving civilians trapped, uninformed, and exposed to danger. People can’t receive alerts, check on loved ones, or coordinate evacuations.

This blackout isn't a glitch—it is a deliberate act of suppression by a regime increasingly reliant on digital censorship to control the population and silence dissent. In fact, the regime deliberately uses civilians as a shield by hiding out in public places such as schools and hospitals.

This is while the regime has criminalized any form of criticism, especially during crises: 

• Silencing citizens sharing firsthand accounts from inside Iran by falsely branding their profiles as fake accounts. 
• Allowing government officials to censor, punish, and surveil citizens online
• Imposing fines, prison time, and lifetime bans from media work

Meanwhile, a new internet “class system” gives full access to regime insiders—while the public remains trapped in a censored intranet, watched and silenced.

The international human rights groups are largely silent in condemning Iran’s digital crackdown and refrain from investigating its life-threatening impacts on civilians  

This is where governments, Tech companies, and digital rights coalitions must support circumvention tools to facilitate internet access for civilians and protect users’ online safety.

Iranians living in Iran look to the Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi and the diaspora to elevate this issue as central to minimizing casualties of an intervention aimed at freeing a nation from the biggest sponsor of terrorism.

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To support the freedom to speak, connect, and survive in Iran.

Together, we must say: Enough. Internet access is a human right.