🇮🇷 Google Search is back in Iran after 48 days of blackout.
State-linked media say access was restored just hours ago. But the internet is still not fully back. Gmail and other services remain blocked, and connections are unstable.
This comes after one of the most extreme shutdowns seen in a connected country. For weeks, most people were cut off completely.
Only a small group stayed online. Government insiders, state media, and loyalists had access through special SIM cards. Others had to rely on expensive VPNs, if they could get them.
The blackout started with the US-Israel war. Tehran tightened control over who gets access and who doesn’t.
The cost is already massive: around 1.8 billion dollars in economic damage, plus the impact on daily life and communication.
Access is returning, but under extremely tight control.
Source: CNN