Iran shutdown internet amid protest, leaving country inaccessible from the world

Iran has instigated a total internet clampdown amid countrywide demonstrations against mounting fuel prices.

The closure began on Friday after a protest broke out in over 100 Iranian cities, with network connectivity presently below 4 percent of normal levels.

Internet regulators said the state-run telecommunication company of Iran (TIC) began the process of hindering internet traffic to avoid citizens from organizing dispu....