Iranians able to make some international calls as internet remains blocked amid protests

Iranians were capable to spot immoderate planetary telephone calls Tuesday for the archetypal clip since authorities imposed a sweeping communications shutdown amid a convulsive crackdown connected anti-government protests.

Residents successful Tehran said calls to numbers extracurricular the state concisely connected, though substance messaging remained disabled and net entree was inactive restricted to government-approved home websites, leaving Iran mostly chopped disconnected from the extracurricular world.

The partial restoration came arsenic information forces maintained a dense beingness crossed cardinal Tehran, according to residents, with riot police, Revolutionary Guard units and plainclothes officers deployed astatine cardinal locations arsenic authorities sought to incorporate unrest.

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An overturned car is seen connected January 8, 2026, successful Tehran, Iran. (Getty Images)

Protests erupted successful caller weeks implicit Iran’s deepening economical crisis, with demonstrators progressively calling for authorities change. Activist groups accidental hundreds of radical person been killed, though the existent toll remains hard to verify owed to the net blackout and choky authorities controls connected information.

Some authorities offices and fiscal institutions were damaged during the unrest, residents said, portion merchants reported being ordered to reopen businesses contempt ongoing information operations. Foot postulation remained sparse successful galore areas of the capital.

The unrest has drawn heightened planetary attraction arsenic tensions turn betwixt Tehran and Washington. U.S. President Donald Trump has said Iran wants to negociate with his medication pursuing his menace to weaponry the state implicit its effect to the protests.

Fires are lit arsenic protesters rally connected January 8, 2026, successful Tehran, Iran. (Getty Images)

Iran "better not commencement shooting, due to the fact that we’ll commencement shooting, too," Trump said connected Friday.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told Al Jazeera successful an interrogation aired Monday nighttime that helium continued to pass with U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff.

The communications "continued earlier and aft the protests and are inactive ongoing," Araghchi said, adding that "Washington’s projected ideas and threats against our state are incompatible."

Araghchi besides said that Tehran is "fully prepared for war" successful the lawsuit that the U.S. attacks.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters that diplomacy remains Trump’s archetypal option, but that the president "has shown he’s unafraid to usage subject options if and erstwhile helium deems necessary, and cipher knows that amended than Iran."

"He surely doesn’t privation to spot radical being killed successful the streets of Tehran. And unfortunately, that’s thing we are seeing close now," she added.

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A masked demonstrator holds a representation of Iran's Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi during a protestation successful Tehran, Iran, connected Jan. 9, 2026. (UGC via AP)

Tens of thousands of pro-government demonstrators besides took to the streets connected Monday aft days of protests challenging the regularisation of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Iranian authorities tv aired chants from the crowd, who shouted "Death to America!" and "Death to Israel!" arsenic good arsenic "Death to the enemies of God!"

Iran’s lawyer wide has warned that anyone participating successful protests volition beryllium considered an "enemy of God," a transgression punishable by death.

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Trump announced connected Monday that countries engaging successful concern with Iran volition look 25% tariffs that would beryllium "effective immediately" successful effect to Tehran's crackdown connected protests.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.