Iran has now been under an internet (and international call) blackout for 80 days. Oppressed voices, loved ones unheard from, and the world is even more quiet than the people who can't be heard.
There are only two ways to hear from people. If they are able to call you from inside (some can, some cannot, may be plan dependent) or if they purchase one of those absurd 400k-500k toman per 1GB data packs on the black market. The people selling them are regime thugs trying to make a buck on people who are desperate to reach their loved ones or just peek outside of the bubble inside the country, so what choice is there?
And this is hardly a talking point I see anywhere. 80 fucking days, man. In the past, they'd have it down for a weekend, maybe a week? Did it ever exceed 10 days? But look where it's at now. This is criminally long and next to nobody is making an uproar over it. It should be an uproar from the international community demanding their voices return. It should be a political talking point, at this point. Because they are being held hostage.
I'm just tired. This should not be happening. If it was any other country, I think the world would have been louder. Especially, of course, if it was a North American/European/East Asian country (Aside from North Korea, which is a lost cause unfortunately. We cannot let Iran become this.)