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Confirmed: internet outage in Iran

Iran · May 18, 2026 · Ongoing

IODA detected significant connectivity drop in Iran. 5 critical alerts recorded.

Evidence

23%
Anomaly Rate
5
Measurements
70%
Confidence

What This Means

23% of tests showed anomalies, above the typical 1-3% baseline. This suggests potential network interference.

How We Detected This

Data Sourceioda
ML ModelGradientBoosting v2 (99.8% F1, internal eval)
Confidence Score70% certainty of censorship
Detection TimeMay 18, 2026

Corroborating Evidence (12)

Evidence collected from multiple independent sources. Upstream claims shown in quotes are not Voidly assertions.

IODAInternet Outage Detection & Analysis12 records
outage
"IODA detected critical level outage for Esfahan"IODA report
Signal value: 0.26
May 18, 2026
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outage
"IODA detected critical level outage for Esfahan"IODA report
Signal value: 0.22
May 18, 2026
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outage
"IODA detected critical level outage for Esfahan"IODA report
Signal value: 0.22
May 18, 2026
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outage
"IODA detected critical level outage for Esfahan"IODA report
Signal value: 0.22
May 18, 2026
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outage
"IODA detected critical level outage for Esfahan"IODA report
Signal value: 0.22
May 18, 2026
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+ 7 more IODA records

Cite This Incident

Voidly Research. (2026). Confirmed: internet outage in Iran [IR-2026-0219]. Voidly Global Censorship Index. https://voidly.ai/incident/IR-2026-0219

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