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Iranians are back online after a monthslong shutdown but still face heavy restrictions

Iranians have begun to regain internet access after authorities ended a monthslong shutdown. But users say service is slow and spotty in some areas, with apps like YouTube and Instagram heavily restricted, as they were before the cutoff began during nationwide protests in January.

 

Soaring inflation and plummeting economy test Iran’s ability to withstand war and US blockade

The struggles of Iran’s economy are testing its ability to withstand the war and defy Washington’s demands.

 

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Iran’s monthslong internet shutdown is crushing businesses in an already battered economy

Iran’s 90 million people have been cut off from the global internet for most of 2026, one of the world’s longest and strictest national shutdowns.

 

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Iran’s economy has been battered. Its leaders still think Trump will blink first

U.S. and Israeli airstrikes have crippled thousands of factories in Iran, and the damage is reverberating across the country’s economy.

 

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Iran’s leadership survived US-Israeli bombardment. But talks to end the war present a new challenge

After U.S.-Israeli bombardment eliminated Iran’s supreme leader and much of its top echelons, the Islamic Republic’s leadership didn’t fall apart.

 

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Ceasefire deal brings relief to some in Iran, but Trump’s threat to end a civilization still echoes

Iranians have welcomed a ceasefire deal after weeks of Israeli and American bombardment, but many fear the war is far from over.

 

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Outspoken Iranians overseas say their loved ones are being detained back home

Iran’s government is detaining family members of opposition figures in exile, according to some who spoke to The Associated Press.

 

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One month into the war, Iranians wrestle with lost livelihoods, bombs and worries of the future

Iranians were already reeling from a shattered economy and the mass killing of protesters when the first U.S. and Israeli bombs slammed into Tehran a month ago.

 

Residents of Tehran tell AP of rising fear and isolation as bombs strike without warning

An engineer crouches under a park bench as fighter jets roar overhead. An athlete wracked by anxiety can’t sleep as explosions go off. Two weeks of fierce U.S.

 

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Iranians fleeing cities under attack seek refuge in the countryside

Tens of thousands of Iranians are fleeing Tehran and other cities as Israeli and U.S. bombardment spreads fear.

 

Some celebrate in Iran after supreme leader’s death, but deep fear and uncertainty remain

Some of the jubilation was open and even raucous. People danced in Iranian streets, honked car horns in celebration and screamed joyfully from windows and rooftops over the killing of the country’s supreme leader.

 

Protests at Iranian colleges raise tensions and fears of new crackdown

It has been seven weeks since the Iranian government used brute force to extinguish huge nationwide protests.

 

Iranians grieve defiantly for thousands killed in last month’s crackdown

Iranians are still reeling with shock, grief and fear after Iran’s rulers unleashed the deadliest crackdown ever seen in the Islamic Republic last month.

 

Iranian security use dragnet spanning the entire country to arrest protesters

A month after Iran launched a crackdown on nationwide protests, widespread arrests are roiling the country.

 

Imprisoned Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi is in worsening health, husband says

The husband of imprisoned Iranian Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi says his wife’s health condition is worsening, in part because of the beating she endured during her arrest two months ago.