Due to the severing of its access to the global internet, Iranian citizens are traveling across the border into Turkey simply to make video calls and reconnect to the internet.

Iran has cut off its access to the global internet. To find an internet connection, some Iranians are traveling across the border with Turkey — even just to make video calls and then go back home. <img alt="People at the Kapikoy border crossing between Turkey and Iran, in eastern Van province, Turkey, March 2." src="https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/6592x4055+0+0/resize/6592x4055!/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F05%2F59%2Fdb51cff74d82ba83477a71df694...