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Wouldn’t that just cut their access off?
They already cut the internet out off for themselves except a few elites. So they don't care.
A bit of an oversimplification. They shut everything down in the first weeks of the war, but have slowly been opening up again in the past few weeks, notably with paid packages that connect to the real internet.
This week they opened up a messenger that works internationally, even if you're not using the paid international package. It looks like it's based on the Chinese model, which is likely what Iran's internet will be like going forward, with a complete purge of Cisco and other Western hardware as well.
I don't think Iran cares if their citizens can access the internet or not. I presume their military uses satellites for that sort of thing so they won't be negatively affected by it.
The rest of the world, on the other hand, gets their access to worldwide connectivity held hostage.
The whole world? I see several lines, but it does not appear anyone beside the gulf states would be severely affected.
What I meant by that is the ability to access the entire world interconnectivity - obviously cutting those cables would not affect domestic internet access but people who live elsewhere would not be able to access content hosted overseas in gulf states.
No. Iran has significant terrestrial cables as well as underwater cables. The Gulf states meanwhile rely on cables laid through the shallow and narrow Omani waters, which likely could be cut without affecting Iranian underwater cables, plus Iran has terrestrial redundancy.
The point of this would be to screw with American Big Data.