Iranian internet blackout (2019)
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| Date | 23 November 2019 |
|---|---|
| Actor | Iran |
| Victims | N/A |
| Target systems | Internet service providers in Iran |
| Method | In response to protests, the Iranian Government ordered a week-long internet blackout. Some networks had entirely withdrawn their traffic routes, while some only blocked traffic.[1] Through the blackout, the Iranian ‘national information network’, i.e. the internal network infrastructure, was still maintained and was accessible.[2] |
| Purpose | To quell internal protests |
| Result | While Iranians were deeply affected, whether the blackout affected other jurisdictions has not been widely reported. |
| Aftermath | N/A |
| Analysed in | Scenario 24: Internet blockage |
Collected by: Gurshabad Grover & Arindrajit Basu
- ↑ Doug Madory, ‘Historic Internet Blackout in Iran’, Oracle Blogs (18 November 2019).
- ↑ Al Jazeera, ‘After Internet Blackout, Iranians Take Stock’ (Tehran, 27 November 2019).