{"id":334618,"date":"2025-07-23T15:14:04","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T14:14:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=334618"},"modified":"2025-07-23T17:35:38","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T16:35:38","slug":"irans-regime-cripples-economy-with-internet-shutdown-now-peddles-failed-national-network-as-cure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/society\/irans-regime-cripples-economy-with-internet-shutdown-now-peddles-failed-national-network-as-cure\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran&#8217;s Regime Cripples Economy with Internet Shutdown, Now Peddles Failed &#8216;National Network&#8217; as Cure"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_261298\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-261298\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-261298\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/iran-internet-shutdown-1-e1753279392476.jpg\" alt=\"iran-internet-shutdown-1\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-261298\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A NetBlocks graph shows the near-total internet shutdown across Iran between November 14\u201316, 2019, as the regime moved to crush nationwide protests by cutting off digital communication<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><em>Three-minute read<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a stunning admission during a parliamentary session on July 22, 2025, the Iranian regime\u2019s own officials laid bare the catastrophic consequences of their recent internet policies.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Communications Minister for President Masoud Pezeshkian\u2019s government, Sattar Hashemi, revealed that a 12-day, state-enforced internet shutdown inflicted a staggering <a href=\"https:\/\/fararu.com\/fa\/news\/887155\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">15 trillion toman loss<\/a> on the country\u2019s digital economy in a single month\u2014a figure he noted is equivalent to the annual budget of some government ministries.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This self-inflicted economic wound, justified under the guise of national security, also triggered a 30% reduction in employment in the digital sector, directly jeopardizing the livelihoods of an estimated 10 million Iranians who depend on it. These figures, presented in the regime\u2019s own Majlis (parliament), are not merely statistics; they are an indictment of a policy that prioritizes political control over national prosperity.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cDigital Caste System\u201d: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> Codifies Internet Access by Loyalty<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8uivTthV4y\">https:\/\/t.co\/8uivTthV4y<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1947032616734966239?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 20, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">The &#8220;National Network&#8221;: A Security Failure, Not a Shield<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The regime justified this digital blackout and its long-standing push for a walled-off &#8220;National Information Network&#8221; (NIN) as a necessary measure for national security. However, official reports from the same parliamentary session reveal this security apparatus to be a catastrophic failure.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hashemi confirmed that during the shutdown, Iran was subjected to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mehrnews.com\/news\/6538038\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">over 20,000 cyberattacks<\/a>. The supposed resilience of the domestic network crumbled as major state-controlled banks were successfully breached. Bank Sepah, which handles payroll for military personnel, saw its online services collapse. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eghtesadonline.com\/fa\/news\/2067505\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bank Pasargad<\/a> and Bank Mellat were also compromised, with one hacker group claiming to have leaked data from over 32 million accounts.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This glaring vulnerability did not go unnoticed by members of parliament. Salman Zaker, a representative from Urmia, directly challenged the minister: \u201cIf [domestic platforms] were secure, why were the banks so vulnerable to cyberattacks?\u201d Another MP, Farshad Ebrahimpour <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fardanews.com\/%D8%A8%D8%AE%D8%B4-%D9%81%DB%8C%D9%84%D9%85-%D8%B9%DA%A9%D8%B3-%D8%AE%D8%A8%D8%B1%DB%8C-103\/1370272-%D9%86%D9%85%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%87-%D9%85%D8%AC%D9%84%D8%B3-%D9%85%D8%A7-%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%AA-%D9%85%D9%84%DB%8C-%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%85\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">was even more blunt<\/a>, stating, \u201cIn this 12-day war, it became clear that the National Information Network is not a network, but scattered and inefficient pieces.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Internal Chaos and Contradictions: The Wolves Turn on Each Other<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The fallout from this dual economic and security disaster has triggered open conflict within the regime\u2019s political factions. In the Majlis, Hashemi attempted to deflect responsibility for the internet shutdown, placing the blame on unspecified &#8220;competent authorities and security and intelligence agencies.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Yet, rather than reassessing the failed strategy, rival faction members like Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher <a href=\"https:\/\/divaneghtesad.ir\/article\/114637\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ghalibaf are demanding<\/a> an acceleration of the very project that proved so vulnerable, calling the NIN one of the nation&#8217;s &#8220;most important national priorities.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This dissonance was openly mocked within the parliament itself. MP Zahra Saeedi Mobarakeh pointed directly to the minister&#8217;s conflicting statements: &#8220;The minister&#8217;s words were contradictory&#8230; On one hand, he says we have stable security, on the other, he talks about these problems and the damages&#8230; The people are dissatisfied. We are not supposed to sit here and thank each other on the pretext of national unity.&#8221; This exchange exposes a regime in disarray, incapable of forming a coherent response as it scrambles to assign blame for a crisis of its own making.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a>\u2019s Digital Apartheid: Regime Loyalists Flood the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Internet?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Internet<\/a> While the Rest of the Nation Goes Dark<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qFQw7Bi9wc\">https:\/\/t.co\/qFQw7Bi9wc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1936155959702761525?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 20, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">A Tool of Repression, Not a Plan for Progress<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The facts presented in the regime\u2019s own parliament lead to an unavoidable conclusion: the relentless push for a &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-protests\/iran-teeters-toward-full-internet-blackout-amid-rising-tensions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Internet<\/a>&#8221; is not about technological sovereignty or protecting the nation. It is an instrument of political survival, designed to construct a digital iron curtain that severs Iranians from the free flow of information and crushes dissent.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The project has already proven to be an economic disaster and a security liability. In a moment of striking candor, MP Ebrahimpour <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mehrnews.com\/news\/6538151\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">confessed<\/a> the regime\u2019s complete unpreparedness, admitting, &#8220;It was proven that we are not even ready to cut the global internet without creating disruption in the banking, educational, and health systems.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The regime\u2019s response to a crisis was to inflict massive, unnecessary damage on the people and economy. Now, its only proposed solution is to build a bigger, more oppressive version of the system that just failed. This episode serves as a powerful testament to the fact that the regime in Tehran is, and always has been, the greatest threat to Iran\u2019s security, stability, and prosperity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three-minute read In a stunning admission during a parliamentary session on July 22, 2025, the Iranian regime&rsquo;s own officials laid bare the catastrophic consequences of their recent internet policies. 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