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Internet returns in 10 Iranian provinces after shutdown over protests
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] The internet in Iran  ...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneouslytaking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militiasto extend the regime's influence. The word Iranis a cognate form of Aryan,the abbreviation IRGCis a cognate form of Stürmabteilung (or SA),the term Supreme Guideis a cognate form of either Shahor Führeror maybe both, and they hate has returned in 10 provinces, the official news agency IRNA reported on Saturday, after a five-day-long nationwide shutdown meant to help stifle protests against fuel price hikes. Telecoms ooperators were informed of the decision to restore the Internet service for landline telephones, the IRNA news agency reported. According to the agency, the Internet service has returned to the provinces of North Khorasan, South Khorasan, Golestan, Samnan, Yazd, Jharmhal, Bakhtiari, Hamdan, Ardabil, Zanjan and Ilam. The Revolutionary Guards said calm had returned across Iran, state TV reported. "The internet is being gradually restored in the country," the semi-official news agency Fars said, quoting unidentified informed sources. Fars quoted the sources as saying the National Security Council that had ordered the shutdown approved reactivating the internet in "some areas and, according to reports so far, fixed line internet has been restored in Hormozgan, Kermanshah, Arak, Mashhad, Qom, Tabriz, Hamadan and Bushehr provinces, and parts of Tehran". Posted by: Fred 2019-11-24 |
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