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The Shadow City Beneath the Supreme Leader's Compound
An OSINT/GEOINT reconstruction of the tunnel network and underground complex beneath the Supreme Leader's compound in central Tehran.
Iran Crisis News & Community Reports
News and articles from Mahsa Alert: alerts, community reports, and security events in Iran.
The Record of a Three-Week War
A data-driven look at 640 recorded strikes across Iran — what, where, and when.
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There's an app for that - Iranians monitor air strikes with crowdsourced data
Iranian citizens are trying to keep themselves safe during the war with the U.S. with a crowdsourced iOS app, but most users are located outside of Iran's borders, out of direct danger. Warning citizens about airstrikes and troop maneuvers are critical during a war.
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Mahsa Alert An Iranian-Made App to Monitor Air Strikes
JAKARTA - In the midst of conflict and information limitations, Iranian citizens take extreme measures. They build their own crowdsourced air attack warning system. The platform called Mahsa Alert emerged as an emergency solution when there was no official government system to provide public warnings.
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Iran’s Other Front: The War Over the Internet
For a long time, the Iranian government has treated free internet access as a privilege that is extended by the state to those willing to carry its message and withheld from everyone else. Around four hours after Israeli and American strikes began, internet traffic collapsed by 98 percent — a near-total blackout.
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With no missile alerts and a regime's internet blackout, app offers lifeline to Iranian civilians
As the U.S. and Israel round out a fifth week of war with Iran, some 93 million civilians living inside Iran are stuck in a conflict zone without a missile alert system or access to the internet. Another 4 million people of Iranian origin worldwide are cut off from their friends and family still in the country.
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Iranians Don’t Have a Missile Alert System, So Volunteers Built Their Own Warning Map
Since the 2026 U.S. war with Iran began more than three weeks ago, United States military forces have allegedly attacked more than 9,000 sites, creating a climate of fear and constant uncertainty for Iranians in Tehran and across the country.