The “City Center” Strategy: Prince Pahlavi’s New Call
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Iran is currently gripped by a near-total communications blackout as a wave of anti-government protests, which began in late December, reaches a critical new phase.1 On January 10, 2026, the country remains largely disconnected from the global internet and international phone lines, a move experts say is intended to hide the scale of a lethal state crackdown.
