But blocking certain services is not the end of the story. According to companies and organizations that analyze network traffic, led by the access blocking monitoring organization NetBlocks, when the protest began, the Iranian regime completely blocked Internet access in the city of Sanandaj, the capital of the Kurdistan province from which Amini came, for 3.5 hours. The organization adds that in many areas of Iran access to the network has been blocked for the past few days.
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Doug Madori, director of internet analysis at the network performance monitoring company Kentik, points out that the regime uses an original method, and every evening blocks access to the mobile internet on the three largest mobile networks in Iran – Irancell, First Mobile and Rightel – from 4:30 to midnight (although not on all The blocking day is carried out exactly at the same hours). This is while the access to the network from wired internet providers remains, and even increases. The goal, it seems, is to prevent, on the one hand, the uploading of documentation from the field in real time, and on the other hand, to encourage citizens not to come to demonstrations outside, but to go home after work.