Iran is restoring global Internet access after President Masoud Pezeshkian ordered the repeal of restrictions that have been in place for almost three months.
The order is expected to be implemented on Tuesday, Iranian news agency ISNA reported. ICT Minister Sattar Hashemi told Iranian newspaper Shargh Daily on Monday that restoration of internet access had already begun.
Ehsan Chitsaz, Iran's Deputy Minister of Information and Communications Technology, said the decision "opened a window towards stability, rationality, and the future".
“We believed that the internet was the people's right and should be returned to them," he added.
Most Iranians have been unable to access the international internet for 87 days, according to independent internet monitor NetBlocks. The only way to bypass the restrictions is through using expensive advanced VPNs that few citizens have access to.
The blackout has left large numbers of people unable to work and without the means to communicate with relatives who live elsewhere.
Iranian authorities initially imposed an internet shutdown from 8 January in response to a huge wave of anti-government protests. Access was gradually restored in February, before a fresh blackout was put in place following U.S. and Israeli strikes against Iran on 28 February.
Before the blackouts, access to the international internet in Iran was heavily restricted via the censorship of many websites. The government is increasingly relying on an intranet to provide services, without relying on the worldwide web, including in schools.
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