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Un manifestant brandit une pancarte représentant Reza Pahlavi, figure de l'opposition iranienne et fils du dernier shah d'Iran, lors d'un rassemblement en solidarité avec le soulèvement iranien, organisé par le Conseil national de la résistance iranienne. ©CARLOS JASSO / AFP
Internet access in Iran will "gradually" return to normal this week, a senior Iranian official said Monday on the 11th day of an unprecedented shutdown.
Iran earlier this month imposed a nationwide communications blackout amid huge anti-government protests.
The shutdown of communications accompanied a brutal government crackdown with high casualties in response to protesters calling for the end of the Islamic Republic. As the pace of the protests has slowed in recent days, Tehran is gradually rolling back Iran’s internet blackout, while assessing how it will proceed as it seeks to maintain the status quo.
"The internet will gradually return to normal operations this week," Hossein Afshin, Iran's vice president for science, technology and the knowledge economy, said Monday on state television.
On Sunday, limited internet access briefly returned for some foreign websites such as Google, but as of Monday it was still impossible to open links from search results.
AFP
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