[jobgh]

No shot. The economy is already in the gutter. The productivity hit of a total internet cutoff would be a death sentence

[dpe82]

That assumes the regime cares more about the economic prosperity of their people than about staying in power. So far they seem to care more about power. North Korea provides a model for how terrible the situation can get for every day people in that sort of arrangement.

[21asdffdsa12]

The regime does not even care about the capital having water in the next month. They are basically doing pre-emptive starvation culling at this point.

[ReptileMan]

North Korea is effectively an island. Iran has many neighbors and long borders. They have no choice but to be at least semi integrated into the world and strong enough to defend themselves.

[halestock]

You can only let that go so far, because at the end of the day you need to pay the military to keep you in power.

[tdeck]

Some level of eonomic prosperity is necessary to keep the government's key supporters (e.g. the ruling class and the army) satisfied.

[bpodgursky]

North Korea unfortunately has given them a path forward. If you're willing to murder your own citizens en masse, you can get away with about anything.

[reeredfdfdf]

North Korea has nukes though. Iran doesn't, and probably never will.

[_wire_]

Yes, just start small

[heraldgeezer]

No that is american propaganda. Glorious islamist economy is great! Look at ICE shootings instead.

[bluescrn]

And if you disagree you're a russian bot. But there wouldn't possibly be any middle-eastern bots spreading propaganda...

[dyauspitr]

I don’t think a lot of their economy depends on the internet. Even rich countries in the Middle East would continue to sell oil if the internet wasn’t functional. Might cause some logistical issues but nothing that can’t be done over the phone.

[duxup]

Is the Iranian economy tied to individuals having internet access to the rest of the world much?