Longest internet shutdown in modern history may be over
The World
PRX
4.6 • 943 Ratings
🗓️ 27 May 2026
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
After a months-long blackout, Iran has begun restoring internet access in the country. Iranians are appearing back online, posting about how the cut-off has impacted their lives. Also, it’s being described as Ireland’s “George Floyd moment” after 35-year-old Yves Sakila, originally from Democratic Republic of Congo, died in Dublin earlier this month after being restrained by several security guards. And, protests have gripped Bolivia's capital for weeks, triggered by what voters are seeing as the president's bait and switch. Plus, a look at legendary Cuban American trumpeter Arturo Sandoval, who has a new album out and was knighted last week by the king of Spain.
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| 0:31.4 | Iranians are starting to get back online, many posting for the first time since the war began. |
| 0:41.4 | Some people are wondering why Iranians were deprived of their basic right to communicate online in the first place. |
| 0:48.9 | I'm Carolyn Beeler. |
| 0:49.9 | And I'm Marco Wurman, also today in Ireland a reckoning over race and violence after the death of a black man. |
| 0:56.5 | What was his name? |
| 0:58.3 | He's Sakita. |
| 0:59.9 | What was his name? |
| 1:01.8 | He's Sakita. |
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