Customers use computers at an Internet cafe in Tehran, Iran.

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Iran remains under a near-complete internet blackout, data monitoring site NetBlocks, said on Saturday.

“A full week has now passed since #Iran fell into digital darkness under a regime-imposed national internet blackout,” NetBlocks said in a social media post.

“The measure remains in place at hour 168, leaving the public isolated without vital updates and alerts while officials and state media retain access,” NetBlocks said.

A chart in the post showed internet traffic at around 1% of its normal levels.

Internet traffic in Iran from Feb. 24, 2026 to March 7, 2026: NetBlocks via Mastodon https://mastodon.social/@netblocks/116186683967916133.

NetBlocks via Mastodon

U.S. and Israeli airstrikes on Iran continued on Saturday, one week after they launched their joint campaign to rid Tehran of its nuclear and ballistic missile capabilities while also pushing for regime change.

Iran has implemented internet shutdowns during periods of social unrest in the past. A similar near-blackout was imposed for several weeks in January amid widespread protests in the country.

However, some analysts said that additional factors may be contributing to the internet disruption.

“While the actual cause is still unclear, it’s almost certainly a combination of both state-ordered suppression and external cyber disruption,” Kathryn Raines, cyber threat intelligence team lead at intelligence platform Flashpoint, told CNBC earlier this week.

Iran has not officially commented on the outage.

Analysts say that the lack of internet connectivity in Iran is likely to add to the fog of war, with citizens on the ground unable to communicate with their families, document events or get real-time updates on the conflict.

Cybersecurity firms warned that Iran is also likely to respond with cyberattacks, either carried out directly by the government or by affiliated proxy groups.

In a statement shared with CNBC, Adam Meyers, head of counter adversary operations at CrowdStrike, said the firm was “already seeing activity consistent with Iranian-aligned threat actors and hacktivist groups conducting reconnaissance and initiating [denial-of-service] attacks.”

— Dylan Butts contributed to this story.

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A Spirit Airlines aircraft undergoes operations in preparation for departure at the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in Austin, Texas, on Feb. 12, 2024.

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Spirit Airlines on Friday said it reached an agreement with its credit card processor to again extended a debt refinancing timeline to December, hours before it was set to hit its deadline.

Spirit said in a filing late Friday that earlier this week it drew down the entirety of its $300 million revolving credit facility and expects to end the year with just over $1 billion in liquidity.

“As previously disclosed, the Company remains in active and constructive discussions with holders of its senior secured notes due 2025 and convertible senior notes due 2026 with respect to their respective maturities,” Spirit said in a filing late Friday.

The deadline was previously set in September and had been extended until Oct. 21 before the Friday change. The airline’s stock closed at a new low Friday, down roughly 3%, at less than $1.50 per share.

The Miramar, Florida-based airline has furloughed workers, slashed its schedule and deferred aircraft deliveries to save cash over the past year.

Many of its planes have been grounded because of a Pratt & Whitney engine recall. It has also reported weaker-than-expected bookings and its planned acquisition by JetBlue Airways was scuttled after getting blocked by a federal judge on antitrust grounds.

Its shares have tumbled more than 90% so far this year and nearly 40% so far in October alone.

Earlier this month, The Wall Street Journal said the carrier is considering a bankruptcy filing. Spirit and advisor Perella Weinberg Partners did not immediately comment on the matter.

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