Large swathes of Iran have been without Internet access for more than half a day due to an outage imposed by state authorities as many people inside the country scramble for information amid air attacks from Israel.
"Metrics show Iran has now been offline for over 12 hours as authorities impose a nation-scale internet shutdown, citing Israel's alleged 'misuse' of the network for military purposes," London-based NetBlocks, an organization that monitors cybersecurity, said in aposton social media on June 19.
"The measure continues to hinder residents' access to information at a critical time."
Israel launched an air offensive against military and nuclear targets across Iran on June 13, saying it was necessary to halt Tehran's nuclear program.
The air strikes have sent thousands of Iranians scrambling out of major cities as many decide the risks of waiting out the conflict at home are simply too high.
