Past

Regional shutdown

Kordestan

Internet services were suspended in Kurdistan Province in Iran since the beginning of the #IranProtest from 17/12/2022 to 21/12/2022. Internet shutdowns during protests or civil unrest impact the ability of citizens to get accurate information from government sources when they need it most. It also becomes harder for citizens to contact family members and friends in other parts of the country, or in other countries.

  • Total Duration 3 days, 7 hours

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Population
90,608,707

Freedom House rates Internet freedom as Not Free

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Local impact

Internet services were suspended in Kurdistan Province in Iran since the beginning of the #IranProtest from 17/12/2022 to 21/12/2022. Internet shutdowns during protests or civil unrest impact the ability of citizens to get accurate information from government sources when they need it most. It also becomes harder for citizens to contact family members and friends in other parts of the country, or in other countries.

Related documentation

https://ioda.inetintel.cc.gatech.edu/region/1846?from=1671218856&until=1671478056

Other supporting information

IODA

Measurements from the Internet Outage Detection and Analysis (IODA) project at Georgia Tech show a drop in Internet connectivity on 19 December at 06:15 UTC

Graph showing Internet outage from IODA

Social media

Media coverage

Shutdown history

  • 15 shutdowns since 2018
  • 24,683 shutdown hours since 2018

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