Local outlets reported that a presidential order was issued in Iran to restore internet access that had been blocked due to the war's aftermath.
According to Agence France-Presse and Reuters, Iran's state media said on the 25th (local time) that President Masoud Pezeshkian ordered the restoration of restricted access to foreign internet services.
Local media reported that "a presidential decree to restore internet access to the level of January this year has been delivered to the Ministry of Communications."
However, it has not yet been confirmed how the unblocking process will proceed or when actual access will become available.
In Iran, access to foreign internet services was blocked early this year as anti-government protests continued and a war against the United States began in February.
During that time, Iranian residents could use only the domestic network, drawing criticism that the Iranian regime was controlling public opinion.
According to the internet watchdog NetBlocks, as of the day, most Iranian residents have been unable to access the international internet, the World Wide Web (WWW), for 87 days.
Earlier, Iranian authorities completely shut down the internet on Jan. 8 while forcefully cracking down on anti-government protests, then partially restored it in February. However, as the war began with U.S. and Israeli airstrikes on Feb. 28, they reimposed an internet blackout.
Even in normal times, Iran has censored websites to restrict access to foreign internet services and is encouraging the use of its own internal network, the intranet, instead of the international internet.