February 12, 2011
NCRI – Fearing increased usage of the internet for planning anti-regime protests by Iranian youths, the regime has disrupted internet connections in cities like Shahr-e Kord, where internet service providers have stopped service completely for long hours citing “technical difficulties.”
It has been reported that according to telecommunication engineers, the disruption did not arise from technical issues but rather deliberate attempts by the regime to choke off growing use of internet and its social forums against the ruling mullahs’ regime.
The Iranian regime’s telecommunications company in Tehran has disrupted telephone usage in vast parts of the city, it was reported on Thursday.Since Tuesday night and simultaneous with growing public calls for an anti-regime protest on the 32nd anniversary of the Iranian revolution, mobile phones in extensive parts of Tehran were reported to have limited or no connectivity.
In the early hours of Wednesday morning, it was reported that mobile phone communications were made either impossible or extremely challenging around many focal points in Tehran, including Resalat Square, Shemiran-e No, Tehran Pars, Damavand Avenue, Seraj, Baqeri highway, Rashid and Dolat district.