PARIS/LONDON: Internet connectivity in Iran rose very slightly, monitoring group NetBlocks said on Saturday, more than 200 hours into a nationwide internet shutdown during protests against authorities. &ldquo;Metrics show a very slight rise in internet connectivity in Iran this morning after the 200-hour mark,&rdquo; NetBlocks said on X, but added that connections were only around 2 percent of ordinary levels and that there was no sign of &ldquo;a significant return.&rdquo; Protester arrested in LondonA protester who climbed onto the roof of Iran&rsquo;s embassy in London and removed a flag was arrested along with several others, police said late Friday, adding that multiple officers were injured during the demonstrations. &ldquo;During the ongoing protest at the Iranian Embassy this evening, a protester illegally accessed private property and climbed across multiple balconies onto the roof of the embassy and removed a flag,&rdquo; the Metropolitan Police said in a post on X. &ldquo;Several officers have suffered injuries,&rdquo; London police added, saying that during the &ldquo;ongoing disorder,&rdquo; objects were thrown at officers and &ldquo;a number of people have been arrested on suspicion of violent disorder.&rdquo; London police said last week they were deploying additional officers to &ldquo;prevent any disorder&rdquo; and protect the Iranian embassy. On Saturday last week, a protester briefly replaced the embassy&rsquo;s flag with a former flag flown before Iran&rsquo;s Islamic revolution in 1979. Iran has seen its largest demonstrations in years in recent weeks, challenging the country&rsquo;s theocratic system in protests that have killed thousands but have subsided in recent days, according to monitors. Demonstrations sparked by economic grievances began with a shutdown in the Tehran bazaar on December 28 but evolved into a mass movement demanding the removal of the clerical system that has ruled Iran since the 1979 revolution.

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Internet connectivity in Iran rose very slightly, monitoring group NetBlocks said on Saturday, more than 200 hours into a nationwide internet shutdown during protests against authorities.

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Internet connectivity in Iran improves slightly: NetBlocks