Nik Kalyani - Freedom for Iran

As long as Iranians are facing the #DigitalBlackoutInIran I will post relentlessly about them and be their voice. They bleed on the streets or are locked in their homes — hungry, cold, tired, scared. Our friends. Our brothers. Our sisters. We owe them our unrelenting support 🇮🇷

⚠️ Update: #Iran is entering Nowruz, the Persian New Year, in digital darkness, as the internet blackout continues into day 21 after 480 hours. With international connectivity cut and domestic service limited, many families are unable to contact loved ones when it's most needed.

@netblocks #DigitalBlackOutIran #IranOffline

⚠️ Update: #Iran's internet blackout is now entering its 18th day after 408 hours without international connectivity for the general public. Chosen users are granted privileged access, while the remainder are left with a limited domestic intranet under increasingly tight control.

Iran is beautiful tonight. Chaharshanbe Soori is an ancient fire festival with Zoroastrian roots. Citizens are out in spite of regime warnings, celebrating and singing Pahlavi era songs. A woman says "Long Live the Shah".

Let me shatter another Western illusion about what is happening here in Tehran. The store shelves are not empty. The pharmacies have medicine, and the markets have food. The regime hasn't starved us of supplies they have starved us of the ability to buy them. Everything is available, but all business has completely flatlined. People cannot find paying jobs to sustain themselves. Aside from a few highly dangerous delivery gigs, the work is entirely gone, and the money has dried up with it. Even the internet is out there in the shadows, but only if you are desperate enough to pay black-market blood money, praying you don't get robbed of your last dollar just to connect to the outside world for a single hour. I need the West to hear this loud and clear: my family and I are not terrified of the war. Not even a fraction. Watching the airstrikes dismantle our occupiers in real-time is the most euphoric experience of my entire 28 years on this earth. You want to know our actual nightmare? It is not the bombs. It is the poverty. It is the sheer, suffocating terror of wondering if our empty bank accounts can outlast the regime. We are days away from Nowruz, our New Year. You, sitting in absolute safety, cannot begin to fathom the psychological torture crushing Iranian fathers, mothers, and breadwinners right now. They are breaking under the weight of not being able to afford a single meal or this month's rent. Even those of us who can still barely scrape by are mentally haunted by the thought of our compatriots who have absolutely nothing left. We are living in a brutal, maddening paradox. Watching our butchers burn is pure joy, but the financial strangulation is tearing us apart from the inside. I just want to hit fast-forward through this agony and finally wake up in a free homeland. Payande Iran. Javid Shah. #KingRezaPahlavi‌ForIran #DigitalBlackOutIran

⚠️ Update: #Iran's wartime internet blackout has entered its 14th day with connectivity still at 1% of ordinary levels after 312 hours. As authentic voices are silenced and civilians are left without vital updates, a steady flow of regime-approved content fills the void.

⚠️ Update: #Iran's internet blackout is entering its twelfth day after 264 hours with connectivity still at 1% of ordinary levels. Meanwhile, the regime's spokesperson has confirmed observations pointing to a whitelisting system, stating that only the approved are given a voice.

Just connected to internet after long days and don't know how it takes long Thanks everyone who remember us, Iranian/artists who live in Iran. We never forget you.💔 We are in a true darkness and just hope after all these stress and nightmares, Freedom happen for us... ❤️🤍💚

⚠️ Update: At 240 hours, #Iran's internet blackout is now among the most severe government-imposed nationwide internet shutdowns on record globally, and the second longest registered in Iran after the January protests, with the country having spent a third of 2026 offline.

الدفاعات الجوية الإماراتية تتصدى بنجاح للصواريخ الباليستية والجوالة والمسيرات الإيرانية. UAE Air Defences Successfully Intercept Iranian Ballistic and Cruise Missiles and UAVs Attacks #وزارة_الدفاع #وزارة_الدفاع_الإماراتية #MOD #UAEMinistryOfDefence

⚠️ Update: It's Sunday morning in #Iran where the internet blackout continues into its second week, with the incident entering its ninth day at hour 192. Though technical infrastructure remains operational, only a heavily controlled domestic intranet is available to residents.

🔴 Watch this from Tehran earlier today! “They hit IRGC in Qarchak! Congratulations by to all Iranians! Thank you America and Israel! Cc: @realDonaldTrump @netanyahu

الدفاعات الجوية الإماراتية تتصدى بنجاح للصواريخ الباليستية والجوالة والمسيرات الإيرانية. UAE Air Defences Successfully Intercept Iranian Ballistic and Cruise Missiles and UAVs Attacks #وزارة_الدفاع #وزارة_الدفاع_الإماراتية #MOD #UAEMinistryOfDefence

My sis has wanted to die for two years now, because she is exhausted from living in an Islamic Iran. Her soul has died many times already and so have many others. War means nothing to her anymore, bombings mean nothing either. Do you understand? #KingRezaPahlavi #IranMassacre

⚠️ Update: A full week has now passed since #Iran fell into digital darkness under a regime-imposed national internet blackout. The measure remains in place at hour 168, leaving the public isolated without vital updates and alerts while officials and state media retain access.

WAR day 7 Finally I could back Online, the bombardment became heavier. I can hear and see aircrafts every minutes. I missed my home and working on my artworks so much. The end will be bright. I pray for my people 🖤🙏🫂✨️

⚠️ Update: Metrics show #Iran remains in digital darkness after six full days under an internet blackout, with 1% connectivity at the 144 hour mark. Meanwhile, the regime continues to promote its agenda through whitelisted networks, cultivating media assets at home and abroad.

There are signs that Iranian soldiers, police officers and members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps are failing to report for duty as the war intensifies, The Economist reported, citing Israeli intelligence sources. “Most importantly, perhaps, Israeli intelligence sources suggest that there are signs of Iranian soldiers, police officers and IRGC members failing to show up for duty,” the magazine said. It cautioned, however, that “military attrition, however overwhelming and effective, by no means guarantees the regime’s demise,” describing regime collapse as Israel’s key war aim and one of President Donald Trump’s shifting goals. iranintl.com/en/202603058022

Look past the fog of war. Iran's destiny is a bright and prosperous future ✨

Since day 1: UAE hit with 1,138+ attacks from Iran yet our air defenses crushed most of them! Epic success, massive pride in our forces. Heroes keeping us safe! 🇦🇪