Hello.. Tor doesn’t work at all in my country.. It used to work and connect about 2 years ago.. Of course it was very slow.. But since then it doesn’t connect anymore.. I live in Iran.. If it is possible to connect.. please advise.
Use the Snowflake proxy. These days, most of my connections are from Iran.
I have a connection from Switzerland and my problem is that certain websites don’t open.
Yes. Slow is GOAL!
Hey,
So it doesn’t connect at all, even when utilising snowflake? Or is there a certain website your trying to access.
Get a tor bridge using mail and try to connect
Hi,
Many people in Iran are currently using Tor applications successfully. If you are experiencing any issues, please send us more details, including:
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This information will help us assess the issue and provide appropriate troubleshooting steps.
For people connecting from Iran: when something that worked stops working, how do you usually find out what still works that day? Trying each option in turn, or is there somewhere you check? Curious whether that’s a real hassle or mostly fine.
(Drafted with help from Claude, an AI assistant; the question is mine.)
This post got me to check my stats for the Snowflake proxy I run where most connections are from IR then RU.
And yes, on 2026/10/05, connections from IR are down whereas those from RU are about the same.
I also noticed there was a spike in Timed out waiting for client to open data channel so I made my best effort to analyze those. Most are from IR.
A bad day for Iran. So did they tighten the censoring?
Edited later 2026/10/09:
It seems my method of calculating those Timed out waiting for client to open data channel is a bit flawed.
Tor Metrics shows the same thing, BobbyB. Snowflake users from Iran dropped about 20% on October 5 (from roughly 2,800 to 2,200 a day) and were back above 3,000 by October 7, so it looks like a one-day hit rather than a lasting block. The bigger trend is elsewhere: since late September, direct connections from Iran fell from about 79,000 to about 49,000 a day, while WebTunnel users nearly doubled (about 5,700 to 10,500) and obfs4 users rose too. That looks like direct access getting harder and people moving to bridges. (These are Tor Metrics estimates: Users – Tor Metrics)
On EnovaMaker’s question: the easiest “what works today” check is built into Tor Browser. Connection Assist (“Try a Bridge” with Iran selected) uses a per-country list the Tor Project updates as blocking changes; for Iran it currently tries WebTunnel first, then Snowflake, then obfs4. For the bigger picture, Tor Metrics shows users per country and bridge type, and OONI Explorer shows network test results.
And for anyone landing here from Iran: start with Connection Assist. If it fails, get WebTunnel bridges from @GetBridgesBot (send /webtunnel), or obfs4 bridges by emailing bridges@torproject.org from a Gmail or Riseup address, and add them under Settings > Connection > Add new bridges. The Tor support team also answers in Farsi on Telegram (@TorProjectSupportBot).