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7 Feb 2026 4 minute read 10 comments Melina Mehr
Every morning when I wake up, the first thing I do is unlock my phone and stare at that little icon in the top right corner—the one that should mean connection to the world. And how bitterly it hurts when you see it crossed out, silent, dead. Cut...
4 Feb 2026 4 minute read 6 comments Melina Mehr
Days have passed since the internet went dark. I don’t even have the energy left to count how many. To anyone sitting comfortably far away, unable to imagine how terrifying a total internet blackout can be: I dare you—turn yours off, along with e...
3 Feb 2026 2 minute read 9 comments Melina Mehr
A video has surfaced — released after two days — showing security forces unleashing widespread, direct gunfire on protesters in Tabriz. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vHZTdRGvzg Unarmed protesters standing defiant against armed security agents...
2 Feb 2026 4 minute read 5 comments Melina Mehr
Day five of the blackout and all I have left is writing. Today marks the second full day that our internet has been completely severed. Yesterday I went to a friend’s house and — according to satellite channels — NetBlocks confirmed that nationwide...
1 Feb 2026 2 minute read 3 comments Melina Mehr
My heart couldn’t bear it. I sent several messages—and then I learned the words that stopped my breath: “My sister had been shot” That night, when I finally reached home, my calls to my sister met only the same cold, mechanical voice: “The subs...
30 Jan 2026 3 minute read 6 comments Melina Mehr
I can't believe it! We haven't had internet for three long days now! I'm going crazy. We can't even text each other. Phones, laptops, electronic devices seem so useless at this point... Damn it!... Let me at least share the rest of my story here... t...
29 Jan 2026 3 minute read 20 comments Melina Mehr
Today marks the second day of the total nationwide internet blackout in Iran, and everything has basically come to a standstill—life itself feels frozen. Shops are shuttered, the city has sunk into an eerie silence, and here I am, deciding to wri...
27 Jan 2026 2 minute read 8 comments Melina Mehr
Right now, as I type these lines, we have no internet. Not even SMS reaches each other. Our only bridge to the outside world — and to one another — is landline calls between people still inside the country, checking who is still breathing. Let th...
14 Jan 2026 2 minute read 0 comments Perfectionist25
The whole world is talking about Iran. The economic crisis in Iran, exacerbated by years of economic sanctions, high inflation, and abysmal purchasing power, has led to protests that have spread throughout the country, fueled by the people's demands...
4 Jan 2026 2 minute read 3 comments Melina Mehr
As nationwide protests in Iran enter yet another intense chapter, I felt the need, in the midst of all this, to look back at the years gone by—to remember the protests from decades past and the quiet, trembling memories I carry from my university d...
