Iran's internet is back, but still broken
International internet access has largely returned to Iran, but users and experts say the network remains degraded, unstable and significantly worse than before the war.
Source: Iran International ▾
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Leaked documents link Chinese firms to IRGC missile fuel network
Iran International has obtained documents indicating that a Chinese company, working with firms in Turkey and the United Arab Emirates, helped Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) acquire chemicals used in the production of ballistic missiles.
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Millions face poverty as Iran’s economy reels from war and sanctions
As US economic pressure, staggering inflation and negative growth converge, economists warn that Iran faces an increasingly bleak outlook that could push millions more people below the poverty line.
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Could Iran be building a Chinese-style internet system?
Iran may be moving beyond temporary internet blackouts toward something more durable: a Chinese-style system of digital control.
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Qatar emerges as key broker in US-Iran frozen funds dispute
The release of frozen Iranian assets has emerged as the main sticking point in talks between Iran and the United States, with officials in Tehran insisting that guaranteed access to funds must come before any preliminary agreement can move forward.
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Iran’s internet curbs choke AI startup opportunities
Iran’s prolonged internet disruptions are shutting off a rare opening for young entrepreneurs to build low-cost businesses using artificial intelligence tools, according to a report by Shargh newspaper that warned the restrictions are crippling a generation of digital workers.
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Iran’s digital market buckles after war disrupts imports
Iran’s digital hardware market has yet to recover from wartime disruption, with shortages, volatile prices and rising import costs pushing laptops, mobile phones and computer parts further beyond the reach of many consumers, an economic website reported on Saturday.
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Trump’s strongest leverage over Tehran may run through Beijing
The Trump administration’s most powerful pressure point against Tehran may not lie in military action but in China’s deep financial and energy ties with Iran, a former US Treasury sanctions official told the Eye for Iran podcast.
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Iran scrambles for Omani back channel around the Hormuz blockade
A small port on Oman’s Musandam Peninsula has become part of Iran’s workaround to the maritime blockade in the Strait of Hormuz, traders say, as goods once routed through the UAE are shifted through costlier channels.
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Inflation pushes Iranians to buy food in installments
Rising inflation in Iran has pushed households to buy even basic food items in installments, reshaping consumer habits.
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Why oil giant Iran struggles to supply gasoline
Iran’s worsening gasoline shortage is becoming a test of whether Tehran can still sustain basic economic stability under war conditions.
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How an IRGC-linked money laundering network operated from London
A family-run financial network accused of laundering money for Iran’s Revolutionary Guards has been operating from London and moving funds through shell companies China and the UAE, according to sanctions records and leaked documents reviewed by Iran International.
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Tehran Stock Exchange reopens under tight controls as key firms stay closed
After an 80-day shutdown, the Tehran Stock Exchange reopened on Tuesday under heavy state controls, with 42 major firms still suspended and reported curbs on large-scale selling amid uncertainty over war damage and corporate losses.
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Iran finds a new weapon beneath Hormuz
Long viewed as merely an oil chokepoint, the Strait of Hormuz is now emerging as a digital flashpoint, after Iran floated “protection fees” for subsea fiber-optic cables crossing the waterway in a move experts warn could give Tehran new leverage.
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IRGC-linked propaganda posts targeted across platforms, Europol says
Europol said on Monday that 14,200 posts and links tied to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) had been targeted in a coordinated operation against online terrorist material.
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Can Iran’s economy survive a twin squeeze from blockade and blackout?
Iran’s internet blackout and the US blockade are pushing the country toward a deeper economic crisis, experts told the Eye for Iran podcast, warning that Tehran is compounding foreign pressure with a self-inflicted assault on its own digital economy.
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Iran has failed to export crude oil by sea for 28 days - TankerTrackers
Iran has not successfully exported any crude oil by sea for 28 days amid the US naval blockade imposed in April, according to ship-tracking data from TankerTrackers, while loading activity at Kharg Island remains disrupted following a suspected oil spill near the terminal.
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Iran businesses scale back as inflation, internet curbs bite
Businesses across Iran are cutting jobs, scaling back operations and facing possible closure as internet disruptions, inflation and the economic fallout from war deepen pressure on employers and consumers, according to messages sent to Iran International.
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Iran's carpet exports collapse from $2.5 billion to near zero, official says
Iran's handwoven carpet exports, once worth nearly $2. 5 billion annually, have now "virtually stopped," a provincial industry official said, reflecting the steep decline of one of the country's best-known exports.
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Australia sanctions Iranian officials, entities over crackdown and destabilizing activity
Australia sanctioned seven Iranian individuals and four entities on Tuesday over what it called the Islamic Republic’s crackdown on protesters and women and its destabilizing activity through missile and shadow-banking networks.
