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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Patrick Wintour Diplomatic Editor

Iran president’s son urges authorities to restore internet after protests blackout

A person uses his phone as he passes a large anti-US billboard in Enqelab Square in Tehran, Iran, on Sunday.
A person in Enqelab Square in Tehran, Iran, on Sunday. The sporadic lifting of restrictions is leading to a slow and painful inquest into how many have died. Photograph: Abedin Taherkenareh/EPA

The son of Iran’s president has called for the internet restrictions in the country to be lifted, saying nothing will be solved by trying to postpone the moment when pictures and video circulate of the protests that were violently crushed by the regime.

With a battle under way at the top of the regime about the political risks of continuing to block Iran from the internet, Yousef Pezeshkian, whose father, Masoud, was elected in the summer of 2024, said keeping the digital shutdown would create dissatisfaction and widen the gap between the people and the government.

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