Iranians were waiting anxiously for news from their loved ones on Monday as the ruling regime declared it had restored calm after more than two weeks of nationwide unrest.
A prolonged internet shutdown left Iranians abroad cut off from their families and offered little clarity on whether authorities in Tehran had indeed quelled the violence.
"It’s a really bad feeling, I don’t know how to convey it," said Ali, an Iranian from Mashhad, who now lives in Istanbul. "It’s really painful," he told The National. He said Iranians living overseas were seeing footage of power cuts in their home cities, such as his own.
"Our city is one of the most significant in this issue and many people are pouring into the streets," he said. "They are killing and suppressing people in a really tragic way and then there is no internet or power," he said.
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