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Claim 654

Scale of the reduction in connectivity.

Published 2026-09-23. Last reviewed 2026-09-22. 1 source.

Statement: Scale of the reduction in connectivity.
Field: action
Value: Connectivity drops to 5 percent of normal
About: incident 2019-iran-nationwide-internet-shutdown
Source: Freedom in the World 2020: Iran
Publisher: Freedom House
Method: outlet report
Checked: 2026-09-22
Confidence: medium
Status: current
Source date: 2020-01-01

Quotation from the source

connectivity dropped to just 5 percent of normal levels for several days