20-Day Internet Deadline Looms as Iranian Government Braces for Total Digital Collapse

Communication departments in Tehran have issued a dire warning: the Iranian business sector cannot survive an internet outage for more than 20 days. Since the blackout began on January 8, commerce has slowed to a crawl, and the Iranian government is bracing for an economic implosion that may precede any military strike. The digital “throttling” was intended to stop rioters from coordinating, but it has instead crippled the very industries the government needs to fund its defense.
Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei has dismissed claims of diplomatic outreach, choosing instead to focus on the “comprehensive and regrettable response” Iran will offer to any aggression. This refusal to talk has left the business community in a state of panic, as reflected by the record-breaking stock market crash on Monday. The regime is essentially operating in a vacuum, cut off from both its own people and the global market, while the U.S. fleet maneuvers into its final striking position.
The U.S. military’s plan to carry out exercises demonstrating the “sustainment of combat airpower” is a clear psychological blow to a regime that cannot even sustain its own domestic network. The Iranian government is bracing for a strike that will likely target remaining telecommunications hubs to ensure that, once an attack begins, the regime’s ability to issue orders or broadcast propaganda is completely neutralized.