The near-total ban on outside communication has left Starlink as the only choice for many in the country to go online.

Iran is planning to limit global internet access to specific vetted individuals and will cut off all other Iranians from the rest of the world, The Guardian reported on Saturday, citing a Filterwatch report monitoring Iran's internet censorship.

Iranians are using Starlink to get online during the government's near-total internet shutdown.

The Trump administration is under pressure to step up its efforts to support internet freedom in Iran after it cut funding backing that work last year, as widespread technology blackouts have hampered the efforts of anti-government protesters facing violent crackdowns through Iran.

The Iranian regime aired alleged forced confessions from handcuffed protesters during a record-breaking internet blackout lasting over 144 hours.

MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said that India is keeping a close watch on Iran as deadly protests rattle the country. Vladimir Putin and Iran's Masoud Pezeshkian called for a de-escalation of the protests in Iran over a phone call,

The U.S. is imposing new sanctions on Iranian officials accused of repressing protests against Iran’s theocratic government.