The protests following the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini are entering their seventh day.

In recent days, social media has been flooded with videos showing women cutting off their hair, burning their shawls and taking to the streets to protest the regime's oppression and the so-called morality law.  

But now that the internet is restricted in the country, it will be more difficult to gain insight into what is happening.

Netblocks claims the internet disruptions are the biggest since the widespread fuel protests of 2019. According to Amnesty, at least 300 people were killed during those protests, but Reuters reported that as many as 1,500 people lost their lives.

"The Iranian people stand alone"

Now that the internet has been restricted again, many with relatives in Iran are worried.

Kattis, whose real name is something else, lives in Sweden and says that she has not been able to talk to her loved ones for four days.

They mostly communicate via Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp – apps that are now unreachable in Iran. 

- They were prepared for this, this is nothing new for them, says Kattis, who shows posts her friends posted when the internet disturbances began to be felt.

Amir, who also lives in Sweden and has relatives in Iran, has also not been able to reach his father in recent days.

And when he tried to call via the telephone network, the connection was so bad that it was only possible to talk for a few minutes.

In one of their last conversations, the father compared the situation in the country to a war.

- The Iranian people stand alone now.

They need help, says Amir.

Hear "Kattis" and Amir talk about the latest they heard from their Iranian relatives in the video above.