The Iranian regime’s digital blockade takes many forms. Already, for a little over ten years, the authorities have restructured their entire Internet, with an “intranet” network project that would be totally independent of the global connection. They haven’t gotten there (yet) but the Iranian Internet is connected to the rest of the global network through only three entry points. This makes a widespread disconnection much easier to implement. In order not to harm its economy, the regime rarely resorts to a total shutdown. He uses other tools that allow him, for example, to reduce the connection speed of an entire region, switching from 4G to 2G, which prevents the sending of video files. Thanks to tools from Western companies, the Iranian authorities “filter” the Internet, that is to say that certain entire sections of the network are inaccessible, in particular social networks. They can choose to make only official sites or banking platforms accessible.
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