'Greetings after 88 days': Iranians reconnect after long internet shutdown

“By Elwely Elwelly, Emily Giles and Amy McConaghy DUBAI/LONDON, May 27 (Reuters) - Iranians isolated by a long internet shutdown imposed by the authorities during the war with the U.S. and Israel expressed joy as social media came back to life in a country where even in normal times access to the outside world remains restricted via censorship of many websites. "I’ve never been so happy in my life to see Telegram notifications," Kian Galvani, an engineering student, wrote on his account on X.

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