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\u201cIran Is Still Offline. Will Access To The Global Internet Ever Be Restored?,\u201d<\/a> RFE\/RL, 1-20-26.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cIranians are living through one of the longest Internet shutdowns in history, with the authorities imposing a digital blackout since launching a bloody crackdown on antiestablishment protesters on January 8. \u2026 Filterbaan, an Iranian digital rights organization affiliated with the Texas-based Miaan Group, says the Islamic republic’s Internet policy has crossed into “absolute blockage,” with disconnection now the default and access granted only selectively. \u2026 A government official vowed on January 19 that Internet access would return to “normal” by the end of the week. But the news website IranWire reported on January 15 that government spokeswoman Fatemeh Mohajerani told journalists that international web access would not be available until at least the Persian New Year in March.\u201d\u00a0 Sound like it would be advisable for the U.S., the UN, anything that starts with the letter U, or anyone to demand that Iran allow the internet freely or there is a consequence.<\/p>\n

Just as the Regime did not learn (and change) from the disastrous 12-day June War, the Regime is not learning from the latest serious civil unrest.\u00a0 Instead it doubles down.\u00a0 \u201cIran \u2018just getting started\u2019 on punishing \u2018rioters\u2019 arrested during protests,\u201d<\/a> Al Jazeera, 1-20-26.<\/p>\n

\u201cIranian parliament warns of jihad if Supreme Leader is attacked, ISNA,\u201d<\/a> Reuters, 1-20-26.\u00a0\u00a0Wait a minute.\u00a0 Didn\u2019t the Supreme Leader y say Jihad is not part of the Five Pillars?<\/p>\n

And in response.\u00a0 \u201cTrump says Iran would be \u2018wiped the off face of this earth\u2019 if something happens to him,\u201d<\/a> The Hill, 1-20-26.<\/p>\n

\u201cKhamenei has systematically eliminated or neutralized every figure within the system who showed signs of independent authority or reformist ambition.\u201d\u00a0 It just occurred to me, the following persons are ending their life in hiding in tunnels\u2014Sinwar, Nasrallah, and Khamenei.\u00a0 Bad way to go, and a sign of poor leadership.\u00a0 See \u201cIran\u2019s coming reckoning: Regime collapse is likely \u2014 democracy is not,\u201d<\/a> Middle East Institute, 1-20-26.<\/p>\n

Not sure why the WSJ would volunteer its pages for the ISI FM who supported killing protesters (he says they are rioters; regardless their sentence was self-selected).\u00a0 For \u201cwaging war against Allah\u201d the punishment the government meted out was death.\u00a0 See \u201cIran\u2019s Government Defends Its Crackdown,\u201d<\/a> WSJ, 1-20-26.\u00a0\u00a0Quote of the Day\u2014Iran FM Seyed Abbas Araghchi, \u201cUnlike the restraint Iran showed in June 2025, our powerful armed forces have no qualms about firing back with everything we have if we come under renewed attack.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cCracks Are Emerging in Iran\u2019s Once-Resilient Oil Sector,\u201d<\/a> RFE\/RL, OilPrice.com, 1-20-26.<\/p>\n

\u201cSudden deadly fusillade on Iran protesters culminated in Rasht bazaar inferno,\u201d<\/a> Iran International, 1-20-26.<\/p>\n

\u201cTrump Seeks \u2018Decisive\u2019 Options for Iran as Assets Move Into Middle East,\u201d<\/a> WSJ, 1-20-26.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cIran Is Still Offline. Will Access To The Global Internet Ever Be Restored?,\u201d RFE\/RL, 1-20-26.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cIranians are living through one of the longest Internet shutdowns in history, with the authorities imposing a digital blackout since launching a bloody crackdown on antiestablishment protesters on January 8. \u2026 Filterbaan, an Iranian digital rights organization affiliated with the Texas-based … <\/p>\n

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