After 22-year-old Mahsa Amini was arrested by the Iranian morality police and died after severe blows to the head, the country's population responded with a widespread wave of protests.
The Iranian regime quickly countered by throttling internet access in the country, a common move in regions ruled by dictatorial regimes.
Now interest groups, private individuals, hacker groups and Internet companies dedicated to cyber resistance are joining the protests.
They mainly encourage people to participate themselves by installing so-called proxy servers or snowflake proxies.
The latter is a browser extension that people who are censored can use to access the internet.
How common are snowflake proxies like this now in Iran?
- We don't really know how many people use it because it's information that you don't like to release.
But you also have to remember that the big problem right now is the limited internet access, says Stefan Axelsson.
How big of a problem does cyber warfare pose for regimes like Iran?
- It is destabilizing, for the reason that it is an activity you can do without having to admit who you are.
Private individuals get involved in the fight
The Snowflake proxy is created by the Tor project, which is known for producing the "Tor" browser.
A free and open source software that helps users stay anonymous online.
Right now, the browser is the most downloaded app in the Google Play market in Iran, along with a variety of VPN apps and tools to bypass the country's censorship.
The illustration shows how information is routed between servers when a user installs the "snowflake" web add-on.
Photo: Photo: Tor Project
Even the popular encrypted chat app Signal now encourages users to set up their own proxy servers that can help the Iranian population communicate with the outside world.
Are there any downsides to this type of initiative?
- The downside of Tor is that it suddenly becomes very easy to do illegal actions when you are anonymous - if you wanted to, says Axelsson.
The hacker group: The people of Iran are not alone
Recently, the hacker group Anonymous joined the protests in an operation they call "OpIran".
Now they have released a video threatening the Iranian regime to join the fight to destroy the country's online infrastructure.
The group has also announced that it hacked the Iranian parliament's database and posted the private phone numbers of the country's lawmakers.
They are also said to have hacked over 300 surveillance cameras and several state-owned news channels.
What ability do these types of groups have to influence or depose dictatorial regimes?
- It can make a big difference if you get access to the right insider.
I just say Edward Snowden.