Internet connection to be restored in Iran - state media

Iran's internet connection will be restored at 20:00 local time (17:30 BST) on Saturday, state media reports.

It has been nearly three days since the government imposed a nationwide internet shutdown, cutting off the majority of Iran’s 91 million people from the outside world.

Iranian state media now reports that the cyberattacks that caused the internet to be shut off have been repelled.

The internet blackout in Iran has been described as “the worst” in the country’s already troubled history of internet control.

On Thursday, BBC's Ghoncheh Habibiazad reported that internet had been "very unstable" across Iran, making contacting friends and family very difficult.