Iranian-Americans Struggle to Reach Family Amid Internet Blackout
wide internet shutdown approaches a full week, Iranian-Americans are increasingly desperate to connect with friends and relatives./ When people in Iran began protesting a rise in gas prices last Friday, Mina, an Iranian-American based in Washington, DC, wasn’t sure what to feel. She had spoken with family members in Iran that day; their accounts of the demonstrations were “not particularly alarming,” she says. By Saturday evening, when the “I couldn’t get hold of anyone over Instagram or Telegram, which is how I usually reach out to friends ...
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