Iran experiences internet shutdowns amid protests over water crisis

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

40% : Mobile internet services in Iran have been disrupted amid ongoing protests against a water crisis in the country's southwest.
39% : The Human Rights Activists in Iran group submitted an open letter, signed by more than 130 documentarians, calling on Tehran to end "acts of violence" on citizens.
38% : "As nearly five million Iranians in Khuzestan are lacking access to clean drinking water, Iran is failing to respect, protect, and fulfill the right to water, which is inextricably linked to the right to the highest attainable standard of health."
37% : Iran has in the past blamed "rioters" for deaths occurring amid heavy-handed crackdowns by security forces.
34% : Iran has faced a series of network disruptions, including during widespread public protests against rising fuel prices in November 2019.
31% : Despite the internet shutdowns, multiple videos have emerged online of shots being fired and tear gas being used by the authorities against demonstrators in Iran.
19% : The rallies in Khuzestan come as Iran struggles through repeated waves of infections in the coronavirus pandemic and as thousands of workers in its oil industry have launched strikes for better wages and conditions.

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