{"id":5663,"date":"2026-01-19T21:44:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T21:44:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/?p=5663"},"modified":"2026-01-19T21:44:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T21:44:17","slug":"iranian-protests-escalate-as-authorities-cut-internet-and-crackdown-intensifies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/2026\/01\/19\/iranian-protests-escalate-as-authorities-cut-internet-and-crackdown-intensifies\/","title":{"rendered":"Iranian protests escalate as authorities cut internet and crackdown intensifies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Mass protests erupted across Tehran and other Iranian cities following a call for a nationwide uprising by the exiled Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi. The Iranian government responded by cutting off the internet and international telephone lines nationwide, a move monitored by tracking groups like NetBlocks to stifle communication among demonstrators. Protesters were seen taking to the streets and chanting anti-government slogans, including &#8220;Death to the dictator,&#8221; signaling a significant escalation in the unrest fueled by the country&#8217;s economic crisis. The crackdown has intensified concerns over human rights, with activists reporting dozens of deaths and thousands of arrests as the regime attempts to regain control.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Date:<\/strong> January 8, 2026. <strong>Source<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2026\/01\/08\/mass-protests-erupt-in-irans-capital-after-exiled-princes-call-internet-shut-off-nationwid?fromBreakingNews=1\">euronews.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mass protests erupted across Tehran and other Iranian cities following a call for a nationwide uprising by the exiled Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi. The Iranian government responded by cutting off the internet and international telephone lines nationwide, a move monitored by tracking groups like NetBlocks to stifle communication among demonstrators. Protesters were seen taking to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":118,"featured_media":5668,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[59],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5663","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-war-conflict"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5663","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/118"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5663"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5663\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5994,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5663\/revisions\/5994"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}