Iran Cuts Internet Access and Threatens Telegram Following Mass Protests (bbc.com)

Long-time Slashdot reader cold fjord writes: As seething discontent has boiled over in Iran leading to mass protests, protesters have taken to the streets and social media to register their discontent... The government has been closing schools and shutting down transportation.

Now, as mass protests in Iran go into their third day there are reports that internet access is being cut in cities with protests occurring. Social media has been a tool for documenting the protests and brutal crackdowns against them. Iran previously cut off internet access during the Green Movement protests following the 2009 elections. At the same time the Iranian government is cutting internet access they have called on Telegram, reportedly used by more than 40 million Iranians, to close the channels used by protesters. Telegram is now closing channels used by the protesters while Telegram itself may be shut down in Iran.

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"that they didn't have"

[SuperKendall]

Obama spent years threatening to attack Iran for a nuclear weapons program he knew they didn't have

But instead dropped off a plane-load of gold and cash. To find a nuclear weapons program very much alive and well, thank you very much - or did you really imagine North Korea has developed all this nuclear weapon tech on it's own, currently targeted to sit inside the Iranian built missiles they have been flying? How blind do you have to be to miss that link?

Obama spent years threatening to attack Iran for a nuclear weapons program he knew they didn't have

He hasn't sent any new planeloads of gold and cash so he's already ahead by a wide margin. And Trump explicitly supported the protestors, which Obama never did and never will do.