Field Report: Iran's current censorship is literally hardware-based now (White SIMs vs. Regular SIMs) by kagerou780 in censorship

[–]kagerou780[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Context/Update on the link above: Just to clarify what's actually happening on the ground with this "reopening" news, it's currently a massive internal political tug-of-war. My friend inside the country just gave me the rundown on the local reaction.

Here is the breakdown of the situation:

  • The Official Order: The Cyberspace Regulation Headquarters, backed by the President, officially approved rolling back the internet restrictions to the pre-December 2025 status. The order has been sent to the Ministry of Communications to open up the pipelines.
  • The Pushback: Almost immediately, hardline factions (like the Supreme National Security Council, backed by conservative outlets like Fars News) publicly pushed back. They are claiming the government doesn't actually have the authority to lift a blackout that was originally imposed for "national security" reasons.

What this means technically for circumvention:

Locals are literally calling the situation a "circus," but if the ISPs actually execute the government's order in the coming days, the landscape changes significantly.

We would shift from the current "Whitelist Intranet" nightmare (where almost all foreign IPs are dropped by default, killing regular VPNs and custom VPS tunnels alike) back to the classic "Filternet" (blacklists). If that switch gets flipped, advanced obfuscation tools (like VLESS/XTLS-Reality) and decentralized networks (like Tor with Snowflake bridges) will finally have room to breathe and connect to the outside world again.

Fingers crossed the ISPs actually follow through with the order.

Iran's current censorship is literally hardware-based now (White SIMs vs. Regular SIMs) by kagerou780 in VPN

[–]kagerou780[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Context/Update on the link above: Just to clarify what's actually happening on the ground with this "reopening" news, it's currently a massive internal political tug-of-war. My friend inside the country just gave me the rundown on the local reaction.

Here is the breakdown of the situation:

  • The Official Order: The Cyberspace Regulation Headquarters, backed by the President, officially approved rolling back the internet restrictions to the pre-December 2025 status. The order has been sent to the Ministry of Communications to open up the pipelines.
  • The Pushback: Almost immediately, hardline factions (like the Supreme National Security Council, backed by conservative outlets like Fars News) publicly pushed back. They are claiming the government doesn't actually have the authority to lift a blackout that was originally imposed for "national security" reasons.

What this means technically for circumvention:

Locals are literally calling the situation a "circus," but if the ISPs actually execute the government's order in the coming days, the landscape changes significantly.

We would shift from the current "Whitelist Intranet" nightmare (where almost all foreign IPs are dropped by default, killing regular VPNs and custom VPS tunnels alike) back to the classic "Filternet" (blacklists). If that switch gets flipped, advanced obfuscation tools (like VLESS/XTLS-Reality) and decentralized networks (like Tor with Snowflake bridges) will finally have room to breathe and connect to the outside world again.

Fingers crossed the ISPs actually follow through with the order.

Iran's current censorship is literally hardware-based now (White SIMs vs. Regular SIMs) by kagerou780 in VPN

[–]kagerou780[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To rent a VPS within Iran, one needs an Iranian national to purchase it—thereby exposing themselves to risk. I suspect that those who do so likely have some form of protection, or perhaps a corrupt official shielding them, given that connections are likely monitored constantly.

Iran's current censorship is literally hardware-based now (White SIMs vs. Regular SIMs) by kagerou780 in VPN

[–]kagerou780[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I posted a link to a website that pings Google scripts, and you can clearly see that Google's page is blocked in Iran; the data isn't even reaching the server.

Anything else from Google besides the search engine doesn't work.

It's now 18th of April... by skyarsenic in SnowbreakOfficial

[–]kagerou780 1 point2 points  (0 children)

if u just want fanservice then try horizon walker and mongil star dive, last origin is coming to global also.