A heavy bill of digital blackout.
How will the internet cut leave Iran's export markets to competitors? Frequent disruptions and interruptions of the Internet in the first months of the year, beyond the digital economy, imposed heavy costs on Iran's industry and commerce. The reports of the Chamber of Commerce and the Majlis Research Center show that the Internet has become one of the main challenges of the industries and the income of more than half of the households is related to it. Disconnection with export markets eliminates the possibility of tracking the shipment of goods or sending answers to customers and leads to the loss of global markets and the replacement of competitors. Mehdi Mohammadi, an associate professor at Tehran University, sees the Internet as a "pillar of trust" for exporters. This disconnect will push foreign customers to competitors like Afghanistan and increase transaction costs and the risk of cooperation with Iran. Damage assessments indicate daily losses of thousands of billions of Omanis and costs of billions of dollars, and the greatest damage is to small businesses, exporters and sectors without alternative access. Maziar Norbakhsh, a member of the delegation of the Tehran office, also emphasizes that industries, pharmaceuticals, agriculture and the supply chain depend on the Internet for updating equipment, obtaining software licenses and communicating with technical support. Internet disconnection, contrary to imagination, does not necessarily mean providing security; As during the breaks, the attacks on the systems continued. The trend towards tools like Starlink or special SIM cards (White/Pro SIM card) also indicates a crisis and the "Internet in the classroom" phenomenon creates rent. Under the terms of the embargo, cutting off the internet is a direct blow to the country's foreign trade and production, and the internet must always be connected as a vital infrastructure. Full text.