Active Incident
Confirmed: network disruption in Iran
Iran · January 7, 2026 · 54 days
IODA detected significant connectivity drop. 64 critical alerts recorded. CenAlert confirms censorship activity.
Evidence
35%
Anomaly Rate
89
Measurements
75%
Confidence
What This Means
35% of tests showed anomalies, above the typical 1-3% baseline. This suggests potential network interference.
How We Detected This
Data Sourceioda + censoredplanet
ML ModelGradientBoosting v3.3 (LOCO median F1 0.87, honest across 127 countries)
Confidence Score75% certainty of censorship
Detection TimeJanuary 7, 2026
Corroborating Evidence (444)
Evidence collected from multiple independent sources. Upstream claims shown in quotes are not Voidly assertions.
IODAInternet Outage Detection & Analysis266 records
outage
"IODA detected critical level outage for Ilam"— IODA report
Signal value: 0.02
Mar 3, 2026
View source →outage
"IODA detected critical level outage for Fars"— IODA report
Signal value: 0.02
Mar 1, 2026
View source →outage
"IODA detected critical level outage for Tehran"— IODA report
Signal value: 0.01
Mar 1, 2026
View source →outage
"IODA detected critical level outage for Zanjan"— IODA report
Signal value: 0.02
Mar 1, 2026
View source →outage
"IODA detected critical level outage for Gilan"— IODA report
Signal value: 0.01
Feb 28, 2026
View source →+ 261 more IODA records
Censored PlanetUniversity of Michigan research178 records
dns-blocking
"DNS blocking detected: 3/3 probes anomalous (100.0%) for medium.com"— Censored Planet report
Signal value: 1.00
Mar 1, 2026
View source →dns-blocking
"DNS blocking detected: 3/3 probes anomalous (100.0%) for nytimes.com"— Censored Planet report
Signal value: 1.00
Mar 1, 2026
View source →dns-blocking
"DNS blocking detected: 3/3 probes anomalous (100.0%) for psiphon.ca"— Censored Planet report
Signal value: 1.00
Mar 1, 2026
View source →dns-blocking
"DNS blocking detected: 3/3 probes anomalous (100.0%) for substack.com"— Censored Planet report
Signal value: 1.00
Mar 1, 2026
View source →dns-blocking
"DNS blocking detected: 3/3 probes anomalous (100.0%) for theguardian.com"— Censored Planet report
Signal value: 1.00
Mar 1, 2026
View source →+ 173 more Censored Planet records
Affected Services (17)
BBCFacebookInstagramLanternMediumNew York TimesProton VPNProtonVPNPsiphonSignalTelegramThe GuardianTikTokTwitter/XWhatsAppXYouTube
Blocked Domains (22)
bbc.combinance.comfacebook.comgetlantern.orggoogle.cominstagram.commedium.comnytimes.compornhub.comprotonvpn.compsiphon.careddit.comsignal.orgsubstack.comtelegram.orgtheguardian.comtiktok.comtumblr.comtwitter.comwhatsapp.comand 2 more
Click any domain to view raw OONI measurements
What we cannot say
- Who caused it — measurement data alone does not attribute this to any government, ISP, or other actor.
- Intent — anomalous or unreachable measurements indicate interference, not a stated motive or a deliberate-vs-incidental determination.
- Which networks — no specific ASN/ISP is identified for this incident.
- The mechanism — we cannot state whether this was DNS tampering, TLS/SNI reset, an HTTP blockpage, throttling, or an infrastructure outage.
- Sub-national scope — measurement is aggregated at the country level; we cannot localize to a province, city, or network segment.
Cite This Incident
Voidly Research. (2026). Confirmed: network disruption in Iran [IR-2026-0009]. Voidly Global Censorship Index. https://voidly.ai/incident/IR-2026-0009