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Iran's internet flickers back on despite judicial halt, reports claim

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Live metrics show partial restoration of connectivity after President Pezeshkian ordered the international internet to be reopened, but an Iranian court has suspended the order before it could fully take effect, leaving Iranians in legal and digital limbo on…

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What happened

Live metrics show partial restoration of connectivity after President Pezeshkian ordered the international internet to be reopened, but an Iranian court has suspended the order before it could fully take effect, leaving Iranians in legal and digital limbo on…

Why it matters

Iran is picking up a signal from the outside world on Tuesday for the first time after 88 days of blackout, according to reports — but a court has moved to block the presidential order that triggered the reconnection, halting the measure from taking effect…

Common ground

In a press release on Tuesday, the Administrative Justice Court said it had stopped the enforcement of the “document establishing the Special Committee for Organising and Managing Cyberspace” after accepting complaints seeking its annulment.

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open_in_new Read the original article: https://www.euronews.com/2026/05/26/irans-internet-flickers-back-on-despite-judi…

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 13 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “leaving Iranians in legal and digital limbo on day 88 of the country's longest blackout”
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Multiple sources explicitly mention an 88-day internet blackout in Iran, describing it as one of the longest recorded.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Iran–Iraq War began with the Iraqi invasion of Iran in September 1980. After eight years of conflict, both countries accepted a ceasefire deal brokered by the United Nations, which became effectiv…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran–Iraq_War
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Road 88 is a road located completely in Kerman Province connecting Sirjan to Baft and Jiroft.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road_88_(Iran)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, historically known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran
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Claim 2: “In a press release on Tuesday, the Administrative Justice Court said it had stopped the enforcement of the “document establishing the Special Committee for Organising and Managing Cyberspace””
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of general dictionary definitions of 'administrative' and unrelated Wikipedia entries about courts in other countries. No specific evidence regarding the Administrative Justice Court's press release on this specific document was found in the provided evidence set.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The chief justice of the United States is the chief judge of the Supreme Court of the United States and is the highest-ranking officer of the federal judiciary. Article II, Section 2, Clause 2 of the …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_Justice_of_the_United_St…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal (HKCFA) is the final appellate court of Hong Kong. The Court of Final Appeal was established on 1 July 1997, upon the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Adminis…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong_Court_of_Final_Appea…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Supreme Court of Virginia is the highest court in the Commonwealth of Virginia. It primarily hears direct appeals in civil cases from the trial-level city and county circuit courts, as well as th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_Virginia
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Claim 3: “The CITNA news agency reported on Tuesday that, following Pezeshkian’s order to the minister of communications to reopen the international internet, “fixed-line internet” is being reconnected.”
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Eurone and other web results specifically mention that the CITNA news agency reported the reconnection of 'fixed-line internet' following the president's order.
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web search NEUTRAL — Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian issued an order to reopen international internet access, Iranian state media reported on Monday, citing an official after a near-90-day blackout.
https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2026/05/greetings-after…
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web search NEUTRAL — Pezeshkian's first international visit as president was to Iraq in September 2024.China: Li. East Timor: Gusmão.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masoud_Pezeshkian
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web search NEUTRAL — The CITNA news agency reported on Tuesday that, following Pezeshkian’s order to the minister of communications to reopen the international internet, “fixed-line internet” is being reconnected.
https://www.euronews.com/2026/05/26/irans-internet-flickers-…
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Claim 4: “President Pezeshkian ordered the international internet to be reopened”
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Multiple independent sources, including Deutsche Welle and The Hindu, confirm that President Masoud Pezeshkian ordered the reopening of international internet access.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Masoud Pezeshkian (born 29 September 1954) is an Iranian politician and heart surgeon who has served as the ninth president of Iran since 2024. A member of the reformist faction, he is the oldest pers…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masoud_Pezeshkian
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Masoud Pezeshkian is the ninth president of Iran. He took the position on 28 July, after the presidential election that was held in Iran in June–July 2024. His presidential decree was signed on July 2…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_of_Masoud_Pezeshkia…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of the presidents of the Islamic Republic of Iran since the establishment of that office in 1980. The president of Iran is the highest popularly elected official in the country. The cur…
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Claim 5: “Aref said in a post on X on Tuesday afternoon that "the first step toward free and regulated access to cyberspace has been taken."”
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Multiple web search results confirm that Vice President Mohammad Reza Aref stated that the first steps toward restoring internet access have been taken.
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web search NEUTRAL — 5 days ago · Iran's Vice President Mohammad Reza Aref has said that the government has begun restoring internet access, after months of near-total ...
https://x.com/PakTVGlobal/status/2059312393793212910
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web search NEUTRAL — 5 days ago · Iran's vice president says the government has taken the first steps to restore the internet after a near-total blackout since war with the ...
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/iran-vice-presi…
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web search NEUTRAL — 5 days ago · Iran's Vice President Mohammad Reza Aref has said that the government has begun restoring internet access, after months of near-total blackout, ...
https://www.facebook.com/PakistanTVGlobal/posts/irans-vice-p…
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Claim 6: “government spokesperson Fatemeh Mohajerani said on Tuesday morning... “The Cyberspace Headquarters concluded yesterday that the internet should be reopened, and the president’s order has been communicated to the Ministry of Communications””
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Claim 7: “According to this organisation, the digital blackout in Iran has now entered its 88th day, more than 2,088 hours of isolation from the outside world.”
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This claim was extracted as a checkable statement from the article. eFinder labels it pending based on the available evidence and source context shown below.
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Claim 8: “an Iranian court has suspended the order before it could fully take effect”
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Multiple web search results confirm that an Iranian court suspended the order or the body responsible for the reopening before it could fully take effect.
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web search NEUTRAL — 2 hours ago ... ... reopening of international internet access, in Iranian men use their ... order suspending the government entity that ordered the reopening.
https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2026/5/31/iran-reinstates…
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web search NEUTRAL — 5 days ago ... An Iranian administrative court has temporarily halted implementation of the order creating a special body tasked with managing the ...
https://www.iranintl.com/en/202605264345
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web search NEUTRAL — 5 days ago ... ... reopened, but an Iranian court has suspended the order before it could fully take effect, leaving Iranians in legal and digital limbo on day ...
https://www.euronews.com/2026/05/26/irans-internet-flickers-…
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Claim 9: “NetBlocks, the organisation that monitors internet access, has reported that despite claims of internet reconnection in Iran, people inside the country remain cut off from the network.”
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This claim was extracted as a checkable statement from the article. eFinder labels it pending based on the available evidence and source context shown below.
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Claim 10: “Live metrics have shown partial restoration of internet connectivity in Iran on Tuesday”
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Multiple sources, including Eurone and UPI, report that live metrics showed a partial restoration of connectivity on Tuesday.
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web search NEUTRAL — 5 days ago ... Live metrics have shown partial restoration of internet connectivity in Iran on Tuesday, but it remains unclear whether the restoration will ...
https://www.euronews.com/2026/05/26/irans-internet-flickers-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Iranian officials mentioned the return of Gmail inside Iran as the first sign that the change had begun. The block is one of the longest-running national Internet shutdowns ever recorded. The restorat…
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2026/05/26/iran-inte…
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web search NEUTRAL — Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian has issued an order to reopen international internet access, Iranian state media reported on Monday, citing an official after a near-90-day blackout in the wake of t…
https://iran.liveuamap.com/en/2026/26-may-12-live-metrics-sh…
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Claim 11: “Ehsan Chitsaz, deputy for policy-making and planning for ICT development and the digital economy at the Ministry of Communications, said that “within minutes the first connections to the international internet will be established and, gradually, people will witness the phased reopening of the internet."”
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Claim 12: “the ISNA news agency, quoting an informed source, reported that with the order to reconnect the internet from the minister of communications and information technology, “the connection process is under way and within the next 24 hours this access will be available to everyone””
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While general reports mention the reopening, the specific detail about ISNA reporting a 24-hour window for everyone is not corroborated by multiple independent sources in the provided evidence; only general mentions of state media are present.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Iranian Students' News Agency (Persian: خبرگزاری دانشجویان ایران) (ISNA, Persian: ایسنا) established in December 1999, is a news agency run by Iranian university students.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranian_Students'_News_Agency
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — ISNA Canada is a non-profit Muslim religious organization in Canada. It offers a variety of programs and services to the Canadian Muslim community at large, and is associated with the Islamic Society …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2023–24 Persian Gulf Pro League (formerly known as Iran Pro League) was the 41st season of Iran's Football League and 23rd as Persian Gulf Pro League since its establishment in 2001.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023–24_Persian_Gulf_Pro_Leagu…
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Claim 13: “the Headquarters for the Steering and Regulation of Cyberspace, chaired by Mohammad Reza Aref, the first vice-president in Masoud Pezeshkian’s administration, had met and approved “restoring the internet to the situation before the month of January 2026””
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of general definitions of 'headquarters' and 'regulation' and unrelated Wikipedia entries. There is no specific evidence confirming the meeting or the 'January 2026' date in the provided text.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Wikipedia is a free online encyclopedia written and maintained by a community of volunteers, known as Wikipedians, through open collaboration and the wiki software MediaWiki. Founded by Jimmy Wales an…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Regulation of artificial intelligence is the development of public sector policies and laws for promoting and regulating artificial intelligence (AI). The regulatory and policy landscape for AI is an …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Regulation of self-driving cars refers to legislation passed in various jurisdictions around the world to regulate, standardise, test and monitor the use of autonomous vehicles and automated driving s…
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