Iran’s 87-Day Internet Blackout May End Soon: How Iranians Navigate Life Without WhatsApp, Instagram

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has reportedly ordered the Ministry of Communications to restore international internet access to its pre-January status. Imagine life without the internet. No doomscrolling, no endless notifications, no compulsive urge to pick up the phone every few minutes. Older generations may remember such a world, but for Gen-Z, it feels almost unimaginable. Yet for 87 days, millions of Iranians lived through exactly that — disconnected from much of the global internet during one of the country’s harshest digital crackdowns in recent years. Now, that blackout may finally be nearing an end. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has reportedly…