Iranian international students lament limited contact with family, access to funds amid internet blackout
Iranian international students in Canada are facing significant challenges due to an ongoing internet blackout in Iran. They struggle to maintain contact with their families and have limited access to funds for tuition and living expenses. The situation has heightened their anxiety and stress as they worry about the safety of their loved ones back home.
- ▪Iran has been experiencing one of the longest internet shutdowns in the world since February 28, following military strikes.
- ▪Iranian international students can only communicate with their families through expensive landline calls, as online messaging platforms are inaccessible.
- ▪Transferring money from Iran to Canada is complicated due to international sanctions, causing delays in accessing funds for students.
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Open this photo in gallery:Women look at a smartphone outside the main gate of Tehran University in Iran in April. The Iranian government has intensified its crackdown on smuggled satellite services and virtual private networks, which are used to bypass restrictions.Vahid Salemi/The Associated PressShareSave for laterPlease log in to bookmark this story.Log InCreate Free AccountThe moment Amirreza Foroughifar’s phone rang, he bolted out of class. It was March, not long after the United States and Israel began co-ordinated military strikes on Iran, and it had been more than a week since Mr. Foroughifar, an Iranian international student at Toronto Metropolitan University, last spoke with his family back home.
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