00:05:14.820The Iranian regime triggered an Internet kill switch in an apparent effort to hide alleged abuse by security forces.
00:05:20.560And as protests against it surged nationwide, a cybersecurity expert has claimed the blackout slashed Internet access to a fraction of normal levels.
00:05:30.120On the 13th day of the protests, as rights groups, including Amnesty International, accused the regime of using lethal forces against protesters.
00:05:39.340This is Iran's war against its own population using digital means.
00:05:43.860Okay, NetBlox, CEO Alptoker told Fox News Digital this was a piecemeal measure that eventually encompassed the entire country.
00:05:55.100With the government willing to use this kind of measure for an extended period of time, there would be an empty attempt by the regime to cover up the crimes that it may have committed.
00:06:05.520So this blackout could potentially last for days, if not for weeks.
00:06:10.180This group also reported that more than 2,300 people have been arrested and that demonstrations have spread to at least 180 cities nationwide.
00:06:17.580Most of those killed were protesters, the groups at town.
00:06:21.000In the history of dictators that have been overrun people, going back to Pol Pot in Vietnam, after the Pol Pot in Cambodia, the killing fields, turning off the media is the tool of the aggressor.
00:06:35.860And isolating the people from communication is the tool of the aggressor.
00:06:43.140We have seen it in other failed states.
00:06:46.220We saw it in Uganda turning off phones under Idi Amin.
00:06:49.040There were so many things that people do to turn off the communications.
00:06:53.580And the reason they're turning this off, you were on Fox on Sunday, Pat, Sunday morning, and you talked about it, that there are people out there, credible people that had Starlink and other resources that are saying the number is higher.
00:07:31.120If the number is high and it gets out to the Western media, guess who responds?
00:07:36.640It's DJT 47 already said, you be careful.
00:07:41.060If you exercise undue force and you start killing these protesters, I will – the U.S. stands ready to help.
00:07:49.160The USA stands ready to help was the quote.
00:07:51.740And so they can't have big numbers come out because the big guy is going to show up because we see this as a protest of the people who are lawfully assembling in the streets and are just tired of the dark side of it.
00:08:07.400You know who the Internet is hurting the most?
00:08:10.800You know who the Internet electricity is?