Iran Partially Restores Internet After 88-Day Shutdown Following US And Israeli Strikes

Iran partially restored Internet access after an 88-day nationwide shutdown that began after US and Israeli military strikes on February 28, and the RFE/RL report says many Iranians described the heavily censored network as slow, unreliable, and tightly controlled.

“Iran Needs the Gulf More Than the Eastern Alliance (AI) Today Iran—alongside the already fragile international balance—finds itself at an unprecedented historical crossroads that forces a radical and painful reevaluation of the most stable tenet of its political doctrine over the last decade: the Eastward Pivot strategy”

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RFE/RL quoted Trump as saying Iran’s decision to end the blackout is a sign that it wants a deal, with Trump telling a cabinet meeting in Washington on April 27, "I think it looks like they want to just make a deal."

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The RFE/RL report also includes an Iranian Intelligence Ministry warning issued on May 27 that the United States and Israel were seeking to exploit “some shortages and price increases” by encouraging social unrest through “enemy agents” and foreign Persian-language media outlets.

RFE/RL further reported that the Intelligence Ministry warned of possible “terrorist operations and border aggressions,” and alleged that the United States and Israel were trying to smuggle “weapons, ammunition, and illegal communications equipment, especially Starlink,” into Iran.

In the same RFE/RL package, Afshin Kolahi of Iran’s Chamber of Commerce said during an April 12 session that the shutdown was costing the country up to $40 million per day, with indirect losses up to $80 million each day.

PressTV reported that Deputy Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Bagheri-Kani met his Russian counterpart, Alexander Venediktov, in Moscow on Tuesday, on the sidelines of the 14th International Meeting of High Representatives Responsible for Security Issues.

PressTV said Bagheri-Kani underscored the need for Tehran and Moscow to set up a new global security order through closer bilateral cooperation and stronger interactions, and it quoted the senior Iranian official calling for constant bilateral consultations to stop “arrogant powers” from undermining regional and global security.

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PressTV also reported that Venediktov reaffirmed Moscow’s resolve to boost cooperation with Tehran within the framework of the Iranian-Russian Treaty on Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, and he stated, "We are ready to facilitate this process through all available means."

The same PressTV report said Bagheri-Kani pointed to Iran’s and Russia’s membership in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) and BRICS, calling for further joint efforts to form a multipolar world.

PressTV added that Bagheri-Kani later met South Africa’s Khumbudzo Ntshavheni in Moscow, where he said independent states need to move collectively and in harmony towards multilateralism as BRICS members.

نورنیوز described the United States’ new National Security Strategy as a shift in Washington’s priorities, arguing it treats Russia as a threat to Europe rather than to the United States while signaling reduced commitments to Europe and treating the Ukraine issue as a matter for the European continent.

“Iranian Media Report 2 Incidents In Asaluyeh And Tehran Airport Iranian media has reported that two separate incidents occurred in Asaluyeh and at Tehran’s Imam Khomeini International Airport”

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The نورنیوز piece also framed the strategy as moving toward “low‑cost threat management,” and it said the document’s authors presented an anxious view of global conditions including the return of great‑power competition and the erosion of the international order.

In the same نورنیوز report, the publication said the strategy effectively concedes that U.S. leadership must be exercised through “more complex mechanisms” that require managing multiple challenges including China and Russia.

Masrawy, meanwhile, cited a research paper by the Washington Institute saying Moscow and Beijing remain hesitant to invest deeply in protecting Iran, and it added that Washington is pressing to ensure this hesitation endures.

Masrawy also quoted former Iranian ambassador Afshar Suleimani calling on Tehran to negotiate transparently with China, Russia, and BRICS powers and to demand the breaking of the American blockade, urging steps that include moving essential goods through joint land-sea routes.