Iranian officials on Tuesday restored part of the internet connection after nearly three months of nationwide outages — imposed against the backdrop of the war with Israel and the United States. This news was reported by an internet monitoring entity, a senior official, and sources within the country.

During this outage, Iranian users were effectively cut off from the global internet, with only the country's internal network available for some daily activities.

The internet monitoring organization 'NetBlocks' announced on platform X: 'Live data shows that on the eighty-eighth day of the outage, part of the internet connection in Iran has been restored.'

The organization added that it is still unclear whether this action signifies the permanent end of the 'longest nationwide internet shutdown in modern history.'

State news agencies IRNA and Fars reported that 'full international internet connectivity' has been restored for fixed internet users, but NetBlocks has yet to confirm this.

Witnesses inside Iran also told AFP that mobile internet remains down, but home internet and Wi-Fi have been reconnected; however, access to some social networks still requires a VPN.

A 22-year-old woman from Kermanshah, who wished to remain anonymous, said: 'A few minutes ago, I was able to access international sites with home internet.'

A user in Tehran also reported that the internet at their workplace has been restored, but 'mobile internet is still inaccessible as before.' Others also reported that the access situation remains very unstable and intermittent.

Some Iranian users on social media expressed happiness over the relative return of the internet.

One user on X wrote: 'YouTube without VPN!!! Oh God, am I dreaming?'

Another user wrote: 'Hello my dear Twitter,' using the old name for X.

Source: Gulf Times