For 50 days, millions in Iran have lived in digital silence.
Cut off from loved ones abroad, denied access to information, and unable to run businesses that depend on the internet.
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#DigitalBlackOutIran
Posts by Sanam Mahoozi
As Internet Blackout Hits Day 45, Iranians Bemoan State Hypocrisy and Economic Risks
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#DigitalBlackOutIran
With a tenuous cease-fire in place, Iranians are left picking up the pieces of their lives. Some fear the government will crack down on its domestic critics.
Our latest with @yjtorbati.bsky.social for @nytimes.com 👇🏼
#Ceasefire
With President Trump’s deadline to unleash mass destruction on Iran just hours away on Tuesday, Iranians faced the threats with a mix of indifference, defiance, and bewilderment.
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#IranWar
Government officials and anti-government activists alike denounced the attacks on the Sharif University of Technology in Tehran, the latest Iranian center for higher education to be targeted.
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#Sharif
Nothing feels normal for Iranians—at home or abroad.
Despite a shared hatred of the Islamic Republic, divisions are growing within the diaspora over #IranWar and opposition.
@yjtorbati.bsky.social and I spoke to those navigating broken ties for @nytimes.com 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
After attacks on several Iranian campuses, Iranian forces warn they could target American universities in the region.
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#IranWar
President Trump Zigzags on Iran, Claiming ‘Great Progress’ but Making Threats.
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#IranWar
‘Iranians Reject Trump’s Offer for Cease-Fire but Signal Openness to Talks’
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Iranian officials responded defiantly to President Trump’s threat to escalate attacks, warning that Iran would retaliate in kind if the US or its allies widened their strikes against the country’s critical infrastructure.
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Internet Blackout Keeps Iranians From Reaching Loved Ones During New Year Holiday 👇🏼
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#DigitalBlackOutIran
The South Pars gas field, hit by airstrikes on Wednesday, is central to the energy supply of Iran, which was already suffering blackouts before the war.
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#SouthPars
#LNG
My new piece in the conversation explains why water infrastructure is becoming a critical vulnerability in Iran and across the Persian Gulf 💧
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#desalination
#IranWar
Our new Nature Sustainability paper shows climate pressures exacerbate but do not cause Iran’s water crisis. The roots lie in governance and strategic priorities. No technical fix without structural reform.
A huge thanks to NimaShokri and other co-authors 💧
#Iran
#Water
Oil prices surged on Thursday after ships came under attack in the Persian Gulf, and Iran’s supreme leader vowed revenge for U.S. and Israeli airstrikes.
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#Iran
It was a great pleasure to be featured on the alumni page of SOAS, one of the universities I studied at. Thank you to the SOAS Alumni team for the opportunity and the recognition.
@soasuni.bsky.social 🙏🙏🙏
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War’s environmental impact—especially on the atmosphere—is often overlooked.
My latest article @forbes.com looks at how conflict in Iran could intensify dust and sand storms in an already vulnerable region.
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#Iran
When conflict escalates, information becomes scarce — and censored in Iran.
Iran’s divided media landscape shapes how crises are reported and understood.
My latest for @uk.theconversation.com
@citystgeorges.bsky.social 🙏
#Iran
Installing the son of Ali Khamenei- the authoritarian ruler killed in a strike - could inflame anger among Iranians demanding regime change. Thousands were killed by security forces in brutal crackdowns on protests.
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Our fantastic @sanammahoozi.bsky.social reporting on the latest in Iran for @nytimes.com 👉
Videos and images verified by The New York Times showed that at least half of the school was destroyed. It was not immediately clear why the school was hit, or which country’s forces had fired at it.
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#Minab
Students are protesting at universities despite a recent deadly crackdown. Some videos show Islamic Republic flags burned, Lion and Sun flags raised, and chants of “Long live the shah” amid U.S. tensions.
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#IranRevolution2026
Iranian students protested for a second consecutive day at major universities in Tehran and Mashhad, openly demanding an end to the Islamic Republic.
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#Sharif_University
I analyse the sharp rise in US–Iran tensions — Trump’s ultimatum, stalled talks, military posturing, and Iran’s crackdown at home.
With protests and diaspora mobilisation growing.
#IranRevolution2026
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@cityjournalism.bsky.social
IRGC held live military exercises on Monday in the Strait of Hormuz a day before nuclear talks between the United States and Iran were set to resume in Geneva.
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#Hormuz
Arrested on Jan 8- Dead two weeks later.
Ali Rahbar’s death in custody is now under investigation by rights groups as a possible extrajudicial killing.
His family says he has been executed.
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#IranMassacre
Hundreds of thousands rally for Iran ‘regime change’ worldwide following a Saturday appeal from former crown prince Reza Pahlavi.
Protests in London, Melbourne, Munich, Tokyo, Toronto and LA.
I reported from London for @nytimes.com 👇🏼
#Munich
“It’s collective punishment.”
Iran is cracking down far beyond individual prosecutions: doctors arrested for treating protesters, businesses shut down, media silenced.
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#IranMassacre