Iran shuts down internet amid protest groundswell – monitoring group

Iranian cities have been the scene of unrest since late last month over soaring living costs and a weakening currency

A nationwide internet blackout was reported in Iran on Thursday, global monitoring group NetBlocks said. Protests have been erupting across the country since late December, prompted by hyperinflation and an enduring economic crisis in the sanctioned Islamic republic.

No further information on the internet outage was immediately available.