# Sustained censorship in IR (2026-07)

**Country:** 🇮🇷 Iran (IR)
**Date:** 2026-07-01
**Type:** Censorship
**Severity:** CRITICAL
**Status:** confirmed

## Summary

OONI detected 16 days of elevated network interference averaging 96.2% anomaly rate.

## Metrics

- Confidence: 85%
- Measurements: 16
- Anomaly Rate: 96.2%

## Evidence

- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 42/42 measurements anomalous (100.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-01
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=IR&test_name=signal&since=2026-07-01&until=2026-07-01&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI whatsapp: 46/48 measurements anomalous (95.8%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-01
  - Confidence: 88%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=IR&test_name=whatsapp&since=2026-07-01&until=2026-07-01&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI telegram: 48/50 measurements anomalous (96.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-01
  - Confidence: 88%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=IR&test_name=telegram&since=2026-07-01&until=2026-07-01&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI facebook_messenger: 49/51 measurements anomalous (96.1%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-01
  - Confidence: 88%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=IR&test_name=facebook_messenger&since=2026-07-01&until=2026-07-01&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 47/49 measurements anomalous (95.9%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-01
  - Confidence: 88%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=IR&test_name=signal&since=2026-07-01&until=2026-07-01&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI whatsapp: 58/59 measurements anomalous (98.3%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-01
  - Confidence: 89%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=IR&test_name=whatsapp&since=2026-07-01&until=2026-07-01&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI telegram: 56/58 measurements anomalous (96.6%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-01
  - Confidence: 89%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=IR&test_name=telegram&since=2026-07-01&until=2026-07-01&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI facebook_messenger: 53/56 measurements anomalous (94.6%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-01
  - Confidence: 88%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=IR&test_name=facebook_messenger&since=2026-07-01&until=2026-07-01&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 49/53 measurements anomalous (92.5%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-01
  - Confidence: 87%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=IR&test_name=signal&since=2026-07-01&until=2026-07-01&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI whatsapp: 63/67 measurements anomalous (94.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-01
  - Confidence: 88%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=IR&test_name=whatsapp&since=2026-07-01&until=2026-07-01&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI telegram: 58/63 measurements anomalous (92.1%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-01
  - Confidence: 87%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=IR&test_name=telegram&since=2026-07-01&until=2026-07-01&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI facebook_messenger: 59/64 measurements anomalous (92.2%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-01
  - Confidence: 87%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=IR&test_name=facebook_messenger&since=2026-07-01&until=2026-07-01&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 54/54 measurements anomalous (100.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-01
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=IR&test_name=signal&since=2026-07-01&until=2026-07-01&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI whatsapp: 64/64 measurements anomalous (100.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-01
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=IR&test_name=whatsapp&since=2026-07-01&until=2026-07-01&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI telegram: 61/61 measurements anomalous (100.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-01
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=IR&test_name=telegram&since=2026-07-01&until=2026-07-01&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI facebook_messenger: 57/60 measurements anomalous (95.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-01
  - Confidence: 88%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=IR&test_name=facebook_messenger&since=2026-07-01&until=2026-07-01&only=anomalies)

## What we cannot say

- **Who caused it** — measurement data alone does not attribute the interference 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, HTTP blockpage, throttling, or an infrastructure outage.
- **A confirmed duration** — we report the observation window, not a verified start/stop of any block.
- **Sub-national scope** — measurement is aggregated at the country level; we cannot localize to a province, city, or network segment.
- **Independent corroboration** — this rests on a single source; treat it as a single-source signal, not a multi-source confirmation.

## Data Sources

ooni

## Citation

Voidly Research. (2026). Sustained censorship in IR (2026-07) [IR-2026-0823]. Retrieved from https://voidly.ai/incident/IR-2026-0823

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*Report generated by Voidly Research on 2026-07-02*
*Data licensed under CC BY 4.0*
*Incident ID: IR-2026-0823*
*Permalink: https://voidly.ai/incident/IR-2026-0823*