"The time given is undesirable, only allowing to check a couple of emails in a short 20-minute span," Hariri added. According to another report by the Farsi-language network Manoto, Ali Hakim Javadi, head of the Computer Industry Organization, has announced that daily Internet outages cause economic damage of between two and three trillion tomans ($18 million to $27 million).
Iran has been cut off from the Internet since January 8, resulting in the longest Internet blackout in the country's history. The Islamic Republic has used this as part of its repression mechanism to crack down on the nationwide protests reported in the country since late December. The Islamic Regime had assured last week that the Internet would return to the country by Friday, and reports indicated that some services linked to the regime had been restored. (Read More)
