A customer uses a computer at an internet cafe in Tehran, Iran.
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Data monitoring site Netblocks said on Saturday that Iran remains under a near-total internet blackout.
“It has been a full week since Iran was plunged into digital darkness due to the nationwide internet blackout imposed by the Iranian government,” NetBlocks said in a social media post.
“These measures remain in place as of 168:00, and while authorities and state media maintain access, the public remains isolated without vital updates and warnings,” NetBlocks said.
The graph in the post shows internet traffic at about 1% of normal levels.
Iranian internet traffic from February 24, 2026 to March 7, 2026: NetBlocks via Mastodon https://mastodon.social/@netblocks/116186683967916133.
NetBlocks via Mastodon
U.S. and Israeli airstrikes against Iran continued on Saturday, a week after they launched a joint operation to eliminate Iran’s nuclear and ballistic missile capabilities while promoting regime change.
Iran has previously implemented internet shutdowns during periods of social unrest. Similar near-blackouts were imposed for several weeks in January amid widespread protests across the country.
But some analysts said additional factors may be contributing to the internet disruption.
Kathryn Rains, cyber threat intelligence team leader at the intelligence platform Flashpoint, told CNBC earlier this week that “the actual cause is not yet clear, but it is almost certainly a combination of state-mandated repression and external cyber disruption.”
Iran has not publicly commented on the failure.
Analysts say Iran’s lack of internet connectivity prevents people on the ground from contacting their families, recording events or getting real-time updates on the conflict, likely deepening the fog of war.
Cybersecurity companies have warned that Iran is also likely to respond with cyberattacks, either directly by the government or by affiliated proxies.
In a statement shared with CNBC, Adam Myers, head of adversary countermeasures at CrowdStrike, said the company has “already observed activity consistent with Iranian-aligned threat actors and hacktivist groups conducting reconnaissance and launching (denial of service) attacks.”
–Dylan Butts contributed to this article.
