Iran’s internet shutdown: keeping people apart is the point

Iran’s internet shutdown: keeping people apart is the point

August 21, 2026 · 19 min

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The episode explores Iran's internet shutdown and its implications for isolation as a deliberate goal.

This year, Iran shut down the internet for more than three months, cutting millions of people off from the world — and from each other. We go inside Iran’s internet shutdown and look at why that isolation wasn’t just a consequence. It was the goal. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

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