{"id":4746,"date":"2026-04-11T16:11:38","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T16:11:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=4746"},"modified":"2026-04-11T16:11:38","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T16:11:38","slug":"the-iran-regimes-internet-blackout-is-silencing-millions-and-hiding-executions-iranian-writer-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=4746","title":{"rendered":"The Iran regime&#8217;s Internet blackout is silencing millions and hiding executions, Iranian writer says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 300px 160px; gap: 2px; width: 460px; background: #eee; padding: 2px;\">\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u6574\u884c\u5bbd\u5e7f\u544a -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876674\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 90px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876676\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u5de6\u4fa7\u7ad6\u6392 -->\r\n  <div style=\"height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876672\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"height: 500px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876680\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u53f3\u4fa7\u6469\u5929\u697c\uff08\u548c\u5de6\u4fa7\u5b8c\u5168\u5bf9\u9f50\uff09 -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-row: 3\/5; height: 750px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876678\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  \r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e6\" data-zoneid=\"5876682\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n<\/div><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The most underreported story in Iran is the one its brutal regime is waging against its own people \u2013 the near total internet blackout that is shielding the world from witnessing hundreds of executions, an Iranian American told The Post.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re controlling what goes in what goes out and they\u2019re executing people en masse,\u201d writer and entrepreneur Sheila Amir, who lives in North Carolina, said as the blackout that began 43 days ago hit its 1,000th hour. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cThey\u2019re the masters of propaganda,\u201d writer and entrepreneur Sheila Amir said of the Iranian regime. She fears the Internet blackout is masking untold killings.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re the masters of propaganda.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Amir said people living inside Iran aren\u2019t allowed to communicate freely with one another as the repressive regime has feverishly tightened its stranglehold over its people since a nationwide uprising in January led to the slaughter of more than 7,000, though thousands more are still under investigation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a mass of human rights violations. They\u2019re not allowed to communicate with the outside world. \u2026 They\u2019re executing people under this blackout,\u201d she lamented, as Vice President JD Vance led talks in Pakistan on Saturday that could bring an end to the Iran war.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cThe regime is literally going up and down the streets looking for [Internet] signal and then kidnapping and killing people that have Starlink [devices]. I mean, they\u2019re on a murder spree, and nobody\u2019s covering it.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the regime provides \u201cwhite cards\u201d to loyalists allowing them Internet access \u2013 although it still gets monitored by the state.<\/p>\n<p>A few public executions, like the killing of 19-year old championship wrestler Saleh Mohammadi, were able to make news outside Iran. <\/p>\n<p>The Islamic regime executed 14 people on political charges in the three weeks since the start of the war, according to the Euronews TV site, though Iranian human rights group Hengaw reported evidence of 160 hangings since January.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Iran has developed a sophisticated way to block general Internet use, while providing access to approved users. <span class=\"credit\">NurPhoto via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>That follows a UN report that said Tehran executed at least 1,639 people in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Amir, 43, who has relatives in Iran and in the US military, says members of the large Iranian diaspora have provided chilling images and stories of executions. Some people inside the war-torn country have even smuggled out videos and images to show the world \u2014 at great personal risk.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Families and residents gather at the Kahrizak Coroner\u2019s Office confronting rows of body bags as they search for relatives killed during the regime\u2019s violent crackdown on nationwide protests in January. <span class=\"credit\">MEK\/The Media Express\/SIPA \/ Shutterstock<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>People attend a memorial ceremony for those who lost their lives in protests held in January at Imam Khomeini Mosque in Tehran, Iran on Feb. 17, 2026.\u00a0Iranian Americans say the internet blackout is concealing other killings. <span class=\"credit\">Anadolu via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWhen your own government is constantly mentally terrorizing you and physically terrorizing you, it\u2019s exhausting,\u201d she said, calling it the \u201cmental aspect\u201d of the regime\u2019s plan \u2013 although \u201cnobody\u2019s buying it.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- \u603b\u5bb9\u5668\uff1a\u6700\u5927\u5bbd908px Grid\u7d27\u51d1\u5e03\u5c40 -->\r\n<div style=\"display: grid; 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