BLACKOUT MAP

Internet outage history

Iran

Operational 127/128 hosts up since Oct 16, 2026 10:00 UTC

Every disruption Blackout Map has recorded in Iran since monitoring began on October 16, 2026, with reported government shutdowns and submarine cable incidents.

Live status of Iran RSS feed

Kurdistan — Operational · 2/2 hosts upAlborz — Operational · 3/3 hosts upLorestan — Operational · 3/3 hosts upMarkazi — Operational · 3/3 hosts upMazandaran — Operational · 3/3 hosts upNorth Khorasan — Operational · 3/3 hosts upQazvin — Operational · 3/3 hosts upQom — Operational · 3/3 hosts upSemnan — Operational · 3/3 hosts upSistan and Baluchestan — Operational · 3/3 hosts upSouth Khorasan — Operational · 3/3 hosts upWest Azerbaijan — Operational · 3/3 hosts upYazd — Operational · 3/3 hosts upKohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad — Operational · 3/3 hosts upKhuzestan — Operational · 3/3 hosts upKermanshah — Operational · 3/3 hosts upArdabil — Operational · 3/3 hosts upBushehr — Operational · 3/3 hosts upChaharmahal and Bakhtiari — Operational · 3/3 hosts upEast Azerbaijan — Operational · 3/3 hosts upZanjan — Operational · 3/3 hosts upGilan — Operational · 3/3 hosts upGolestan — Operational · 3/3 hosts upHamadan — Operational · 3/3 hosts upHormozgan — Operational · 3/3 hosts upIlam — Operational · 3/3 hosts upIsfahan — Operational · 3/3 hosts upKerman — Operational · 3/3 hosts upFars — Operational · 4/4 hosts upRazavi Khorasan — Operational · 4/4 hosts upTehran — Operational · 31/31 hosts up
Regions right now Operational Degraded Partial outage Blackout Each dot is a state or province we measure separately, coloured by its status now; bigger dots have more hosts. The country is shaded in its overall status.
0incidents recorded
0total disruption
—longest incident
41outages measured since 2022
17reported shutdowns since 2019

Overview

Last 90 days

Worst status per day, last 90 days
Aug 1, 2026 Operational Degraded Partial outage Blackout Not monitored yet Today

Daily reachability

last 30 days
Oct 16Oct 230%50%100%
Hosts uplowest hour

Our probes · hosts reachable

last 72 hours
Oct 27Oct 280%50%100%

IODA · routes and active probing, % of normal

last 72 hours
Oct 27Oct 280%50%100%
BGP routesActive probingIODA (Georgia Tech)

Latency from our server (Germany)

last 72 hours
Oct 27Oct 280 ms75 ms150 ms
Latency25–75%

The same measurements as the live panel, per 30 minutes. Times in UTC.

Incidents

All incidents

our probes and IODA

No disruptions recorded in Iran since monitoring started on October 16, 2026.

Attacks and context

Context only — they don't change the status above.

DDoS attacks aimed at Iran · 7 days

Oct 23Oct 24Oct 25Oct 26Oct 27Oct 280%50%100%
Network DDoSWeb attacksCloudflare Radar

Per hour; each line is relative to its own busiest hour of the week (100%). Context only — attacks never change a country's status.

Web attacks from
Mobile Communication Company of Iran PLC 30% · Iran Cell Service and Communication Company 25% · Iran Telecommunication Company PJS 13%

Long-term history

Before our monitoring: IODA archive

41 incidents · 9 blackouts · 10 partial outages

Outages in Iran detected by IODA (Georgia Tech) between January 2022 and the start of our own monitoring: drops in the country's internet routes (BGP) or in its reachability from IODA's active probing, compared with the day before. Each is checked against IODA's signal; small dips are left out.

Started (UTC)DurationWorst levelEvidence
Oct 15, 2026 22:2030 min BlackoutIODA (Georgia Tech): active probing, lowest 5% of normal
Jun 20, 2026 11:402 hours BlackoutIODA (Georgia Tech): active probing, lowest 30% of normal
May 3, 2026 20:5050 min BlackoutIODA (Georgia Tech): active probing, lowest 46% of normal
Mar 18, 2026 20:003 hours DegradedIODA (Georgia Tech): routes, lowest 82% of normal
Mar 14, 2026 08:5535 min DegradedIODA (Georgia Tech): routes, lowest 83% of normal
Jan 8, 2026 18:1015 hours DegradedIODA (Georgia Tech): routes, lowest 87% of normal
Aug 10, 2025 07:3030 min DegradedIODA (Georgia Tech): active probing, lowest 81% of normal
Jul 24, 2025 08:5020 min BlackoutIODA (Georgia Tech): active probing, lowest 10% of normal
Jul 12, 2025 11:5520 min DegradedIODA (Georgia Tech): routes, lowest 95% of normal
Jun 22, 2025 10:5014 days BlackoutIODA (Georgia Tech): active probing + routes, lowest 5% of normal
Jun 18, 2025 13:003 days BlackoutIODA (Georgia Tech): active probing, lowest 4% of normal
Mar 29, 2025 10:103 hours BlackoutIODA (Georgia Tech): active probing, lowest 36% of normal
Show all 41
Started (UTC)DurationWorst levelEvidence
Mar 25, 2025 20:105 hours DegradedIODA (Georgia Tech): active probing, lowest 81% of normal
Mar 25, 2025 17:4030 min DegradedIODA (Georgia Tech): active probing, lowest 88% of normal
Mar 7, 2025 10:302 hours DegradedIODA (Georgia Tech): routes, lowest 95% of normal
Mar 4, 2025 13:209 hours DegradedIODA (Georgia Tech): routes, lowest 94% of normal
Dec 24, 2024 12:304 days DegradedIODA (Georgia Tech): routes + active probing, lowest 94% of normal
Dec 4, 2024 11:502 hours DegradedIODA (Georgia Tech): routes, lowest 88% of normal
Nov 14, 2024 09:154 hours DegradedIODA (Georgia Tech): routes, lowest 89% of normal
Oct 23, 2024 13:1513 days DegradedIODA (Georgia Tech): routes, lowest 95% of normal
Aug 9, 2024 10:252 hours DegradedIODA (Georgia Tech): routes, lowest 89% of normal
Aug 9, 2024 07:052 hours DegradedIODA (Georgia Tech): routes, lowest 89% of normal
Jul 6, 2024 11:0030 min Partial outageIODA (Georgia Tech): active probing, lowest 71% of normal
Dec 12, 2023 01:5030 min Partial outageIODA (Georgia Tech): active probing + routes, lowest 72% of normal
Nov 19, 2023 12:401 hour BlackoutIODA (Georgia Tech): active probing, lowest 23% of normal
Nov 18, 2023 06:1545 min Partial outageIODA (Georgia Tech): routes + active probing, lowest 72% of normal
Sep 10, 2023 21:501 hour Partial outageIODA (Georgia Tech): active probing + routes, lowest 73% of normal
Jul 20, 2023 06:408 hours DegradedIODA (Georgia Tech): active probing, lowest 87% of normal
Jun 17, 2023 23:401 hour Partial outageIODA (Georgia Tech): active probing, lowest 73% of normal
Mar 15, 2023 06:2030 min Partial outageIODA (Georgia Tech): active probing, lowest 62% of normal
Mar 12, 2023 13:302 hours Partial outageIODA (Georgia Tech): active probing + routes, lowest 52% of normal
Sep 21, 2022 16:0029 hours DegradedIODA (Georgia Tech): routes, lowest 93% of normal
Aug 1, 2022 09:106 hours DegradedIODA (Georgia Tech): routes, lowest 95% of normal
Jul 25, 2022 04:003 hours Partial outageIODA (Georgia Tech): active probing + routes, lowest 70% of normal
Jul 16, 2022 19:2025 min DegradedIODA (Georgia Tech): routes, lowest 94% of normal
Jul 2, 2022 05:1030 min BlackoutIODA (Georgia Tech): active probing, lowest 39% of normal
May 26, 2022 22:101 hour Partial outageIODA (Georgia Tech): active probing + routes, lowest 68% of normal
May 14, 2022 02:0530 min DegradedIODA (Georgia Tech): routes, lowest 94% of normal
Mar 6, 2022 00:0520 min DegradedIODA (Georgia Tech): routes, lowest 94% of normal
Mar 4, 2022 23:001 hour DegradedIODA (Georgia Tech): routes, lowest 89% of normal
Mar 4, 2022 06:454 hours Partial outageIODA (Georgia Tech): routes + active probing, lowest 76% of normal

Government shutdowns and blocks

since 2019

The Internet Society Pulse tracker records 17 government-ordered shutdowns or blocks in Iran since 2019. The 10 most recent:

  • National internet shutdown, since Jan 8, 2026 — 138 days
  • National internet shutdown (Internet Services), since Jun 13, 2025 — 12 days
  • Regional internet shutdown in Kurdistan (Internet Services), since Nov 2, 2023 — 3 hours
  • National internet shutdown (Internet Services), since Sep 29, 2023 — 3 hours
  • Regional internet shutdown in Sistan and Baluchestan (Internet Services), since Mar 31, 2023 — 3 hours
  • National internet shutdown (Internet Services), since Jan 19, 2023 — 4 hours
  • Regional internet shutdown in Kurdistan (Internet Services), since Dec 17, 2022 — 3 days
  • Regional internet shutdown in Kurdistan (Internet Services), since Oct 26, 2022 — 22 hours
  • Regional internet shutdown in Sistan and Baluchestan (Internet Services), since Sep 30, 2022 — 10 days
  • National internet shutdown (VPN services, Social Networks, Mobile Internet Services, Instant Messaging), since Sep 21, 2022 — 12 days

Shutdown data provided by Internet Society. Pulse

Submarine cable incidents

No submarine cable incidents recorded for Iran.

Cable incidents: GeoCables (CC BY 4.0). Context only — they never change a country's status.