Overview
- The shutdown, which began January 8 during protests and tightened after the February 28 US‑Israeli strikes, is now the longest national outage on record, according to NetBlocks.
- Analysts and officials say the hit to output is severe, with one economist estimating $250 million a day in direct losses and a government figure pointing to up to two million people unemployed directly or indirectly.
- Companies report sweeping cuts, including e‑commerce leader Digikala trimming 200 jobs and factories laying off hundreds, as online sales stall and cash flow fades.
- Wartime damage to petrochemical and steel plants and a US blockade on ports have severed raw‑material supplies and clogged imports, which has slowed factories and triggered more layoffs.
- Most people are confined to a state intranet without end‑to‑end encryption while vetted users buy “Internet Pro” white‑SIM access, a divide that is fueling public anger and exposing rifts between reformist officials and hardliners.