CPJ, RSF warn Iran using 83-day blackout to hide press crackdown Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) are deeply alarmed by the Iranian government’s ongoing nationwide internet blackout.

International — Press-Freedom Bodies · 2026-05-21 · EU · verified record

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CPJ, RSF warn Iran using 83-day blackout to hide press crackdown Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) are deeply alarmed by the Iranian government’s ongoing nationwide internet blackout, which has cut off journalists from the outside world for 83 consecutive days. What began as an effort to control information has become a sustained assault on press freedom and a daily struggle for local reporters trying to operate inside the country. According to the independent internet monitor NetBlocks, this shutdown has now entered its 12th week, making it the lon

CPJ, RSF warn Iran using 83-day blackout to hide press crackdown Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) are deeply alarmed by the Iranian government’s ongoing nationwide internet blackout, which has cut off journalists from the outside world for 83 consecutive

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