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Tim Mak
Tim Mak
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Read more about Setare's experience as she tries to stay connected to her home in #Iran via the link! https://www.iranwar.news/p/hey-is-my-home-still-standing

Hey, is my home still standing?

A deeply personal view into the difficulties of finding out basic facts in wartime Iran, where information escapes only through spurts of data that manage to bypass the internet blackouts.
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Tim Mak
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@[email protected] replied  ·  activity timestamp 4 days ago

Setare’s phone rang: it was a video call from her friend in Shahsavar, a city in northern #Iran, that lasted all but one minute.
But during that minute, Setare could hear #explosions through the phone.
Her friend sounded terrified.

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Usually when there is danger in #Tehran, everyone goes to the mountains up north, Setare said.
“But even there, I could hear the bombs through the phone.”
Then, the connection dropped.

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Tim Mak
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@[email protected] replied  ·  activity timestamp 4 days ago

Just hours after the first U.S.-Israeli #strikes, #Iran fell into an internet shutdown with traffic down to 1 percent of typical levels, according to NetBlocks, a company that maps internet freedom.

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It is the second time this year that #Iranian authorities have cut internet access nationwide—the first came during #protests that erupted in January.

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Setare was still living in central #Tehran, not far from the compound of Iran’s recently-killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali #Khamenei, a key target of the joint U.S.-Israeli strikes on the regime.

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@[email protected] replied  ·  activity timestamp 4 days ago

Read more about Setare's experience as she tries to stay connected to her home in #Iran via the link! https://www.iranwar.news/p/hey-is-my-home-still-standing

Hey, is my home still standing?

A deeply personal view into the difficulties of finding out basic facts in wartime Iran, where information escapes only through spurts of data that manage to bypass the internet blackouts.
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