Through months of protests, crackdowns and most recently war, she struggled to keep going. But Iran’s internet blackout has been the hardest challenge of 2026 for a 36-year-old woman from Tehran — something she calls “torture,” after losing most of her livelihood. “We are playing for survival,” said the woman who CBC News is identifying by her initial, N. She now spends most of her time abroad. Like the other Iranians CBC News interviewed for this story, she fears retribution by regime authorities, for herself and her family. We haveRead more