[mlmonkey]

I don't think the current regime has changed their policy out of the goodness of their hearts, or for the concerns of the citizenry. If I were to hazard a guess, I'm guessing it is so their army of digital burglars can wreak havoc on US sites, in retaliation for the bombings by the US. So I guess we can only expect more ransomware and more digital mayhem.

[tptacek]

Iranian-sponsored threat actors have had network access throughout this entire conflict.

[866-RON-0-FEZ]

Thanks for reminding everyone of the obvious. You'd think it wouldn't be necessary.

The popular theory that all Iranian internet was shut off like Johnny pulling the plug out of the socket in Airplane is simplistic and beyond ludicrous.

[AznHisoka]

That fact wasnt obvious to me.

[platinumrad]

I'm not a fan of the Iranian government at all but this is pure Iran Derangement Syndrome. If you thought about this for half a second you'd realize that their "army of digital burglars" has had internet access the entire time. No state, and especially not one that specializes in proxy warfare, is going to intentionally cripple its actors with the highest damage to plausible deniability ratio.

[gpm]

The internet is a pretty critical economic tool. I'd imagine that a good portion of the reason is simply to let Iranian businesses function.

[Laurel1234]

Wouldn't regime glow in the darks have open access already? You'd imagine they'd run a whitelist or something.

[lysace]

The more important aspect is that the regime now feels certain enough that they have killed enough of the internal opposition so that the security forces can handle rest even with open comms.

[whyage]

You might be right; most of the traffic is bot-driven