Hello,

We published a report on the temporary blocking of the Farsi language edition of Wikipedia in Iran: https://ooni.org/post/2020-iran-blocks-farsi-wikipedia/

OONI measurements collected over the last days show that the Farsi edition of Wikipedia (fa.wikipedia.org) was blocked on at least 6 networks in Iran between 2nd to 3rd March 2020.

This may be the first time that we're seeing the whole Farsi language edition of Wikipedia blocked in Iran.

Previously, the block was limited to the HTTP version of specific Wikipedia articles, but that probably wasn't very noticeable over the last years, since Iranian internet users could easily access censored Wikipedia pages over HTTPS.

We also found the Farsi edition of Wikinews (fa.wikinews.org) blocked in Iran, though we're being told that it's been blocked for several years now.

Both Farsi Wikipedia and Wikinews were blocked by means of DNS tampering and SNI filtering. In our report, we share relevant data.

Farsi Wikipedia has been unblocked (confirmed by OONI measurements collected from 13:29 UTC on 3rd March 2020 onwards), while Farsi Wikinews remains blocked in Iran.

It's worth highlighting that the mobile version of the Farsi edition of Wikipedia (fa.m.wikipedia.org) remained accessible in Iran, as did the English version of Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org).

You can continue to track the situation through openly published OONI measurements: https://explorer.ooni.org/search?until=2020-03-05&probe_cc=IR&test_n...

Best,

Maria.