Sean Rameswaram

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And who were you rooting for last night when Iran played New Zealand?

Well, we just spent a bunch of time, Holly, talking about the new government in Iran and how it's been operating since this war began.

We're coming to you to ask what life has been like for the Iranian people since this war started.

And it's hard to know because it's been hard to access the Iranian people.

So do Iranians find a way to sort of cope with these internet blackouts?

Is there, I don't know, a sense of routine at this point?

That feels like the least of your worries when your country's being bombed, but I take the point.

When and why did this internet blackout come to an end exactly?

And what did you hear from people once this blackout was lifted?

And I mean, I imagine there's residual fears that they could just hit the kill switch again, right?

Whenever they feel like it in two weeks and two months and two years.

Oh, man.

I mean, presumably the government knows this sentiment exists, that the internet is tantamount to liberty for the Iranian people.

And as we heard earlier in the show, this government...

for all its faults, is evidently interested in the work of governance.

Does that mean they might get the message that these internet blackouts are wildly unpopular and maybe keeping the internet free-ish and open-ish is a ticket to keeping your people reasonably content?

Okay, that's it for the show.

If you want even more from Holly, she recently wrote, Iran's next internet blackout is inevitable for the Atlantic.