Iran is picking up a signal from the outside world on Tuesday for the first time after 88 days of blackout, according to reports - but a court has moved to block the presidential order that triggered the reconnection.
The Administrative Justice Court stopped enforcement of the “document establishing the Special Committee for Organising and Managing Cyberspace” after accepting complaints seeking its annulment. The case has been placed on an expedited review track.
Iranian media reported Monday that the Headquarters for the Steering and Regulation of Cyberspace, chaired by First Vice-President Mohammad Reza Aref, approved restoring the internet to the situation before January 2026. President Masoud Pezeshkian instructed the minister of communications to reopen access to the international internet.
The ISNA news agency reported that the “connection process is under way and within the next 24 hours this access will be available to everyone.” Aref said on X that “the first step toward free and regulated access to cyberspace has been taken.”
Live metrics show partial restoration of internet connectivity on Tuesday, but it remains unclear whether it will be sustained. NetBlocks reports that people inside Iran remain cut off, with the digital blackout now in its 88th day - more than 2,088 hours of isolation.