Tehran (dpa -AfX) – According to several reports, there is a risk of free internet access in Iran. Access to pages from abroad can be significantly restricted in the next few hours, various media unanimously wrote, citing experts and internet activists. In the evening, the analysis company Netblocks already wrote on the platform X of a significant reduction in internet traffic.
Meanwhile, the command for cyber security announced that the use of “all devices associated with communication networks – including smartphones, smartwatches, laptops” was prohibited for civil servants. The population should also reduce them to a minimum.
The background should be statements by Israel’s ambassador in Washington, Yechiel Head. “When the dust has subsided, on Thursday evening and Friday you will experience some surprises that make the beeper operation appearing almost easily,” he said, according to the US media.
In this way, Head of the Secret Service Operation of Israel in September 2024 against the Hezbollah militia in Lebanon. At that time, the pagers and handheld radio devices exploded thousands of officials of the proiran group. 37 people were killed, more than 3,000 injuries suffered ./apo/dp/he