Ongoing

National shutdown

Amidst protest in the country, Internet traffic in Iran dropped to near zero. Many local websites became unreachable as well, including the websites for main local news agencies.

  • Total Duration 3 days, 11 hours

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Population
91,567,738

Freedom House rates Internet freedom as Not Free

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Data from Cloudflare Radar and IODA indicated traffic drops from 16:30UTC, following a short drop in IPv6 earlier in the day.

A graph from Cloudflare Radar indicating a shutdown in Iran with a small drop between 15:00 and 15:30UTC, followed by starting around 16:00 and reaching near zero traffic around 16:45UTC. .
A graph from Cloudflare Radar indicating a shutdown in Iran with a small drop between 15:00 and 15:30UTC, followed by starting around 16:00 and reaching near zero traffic around 16:45UTC. .
A graph from IODA showing a drop in Active Probing measurement in Iran starting around 16:30UTC, while the BGP measurement remained as usual.
A graph from IODA showing a drop in Active Probing measurement in Iran starting around 16:30UTC, while the BGP measurement remained as usual.

IODA and other researchers and news agencies started reporting on the instability of the Internet connectivity in the country in the days prior to the shutdown.

Iranians have experienced significant instability and disruption in Internet access since nation-wide protests started Dec 29. IODA's view of the Internet interference is most visible in Active Probing. Our Active Probing signal has shown abnormal drops Jan […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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— IODA @ Georgia Tech (@ioda.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy) January 8, 2026 at 11:19 PM
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Shutdown history

  • 2 shutdowns in the last 12 months
  • 17 shutdowns since 2018
  • 30,341 shutdown hours since 2018

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