[53113] A wave of advertisements for the sale of illegal VPN services on social networks in Iran

Surge in advertising for unofficial VPN services in Iran

Over the last 24 hours, intense activity has been recorded by Telegram channels in Iran, flooding users with offers to sell VPN (Virtual Private Network) services. According to information gathered in channels such as خبرفوری ࡆ اخبارفوری مذاکره ࡆ جنگ فوری, this is an unregulated market where 'configs' (configurations) are sold to bypass blockages at prices ranging from 100,000 to 350,000 Tomans per gigabyte.

The advertisements, which are distributed simultaneously across news, sports, and entertainment-oriented channels, utilize a narrative of 'instability' and 'damage to the international internet.' For example, the channel هات نیوز | فوری 🔴 claimed that "in the current situation, the international internet is weakening every day and there is a fear of security escalation," which ostensibly justifies the immediate purchase of these services. The channel خبرفوری جنگ🚨اخبارفوری امریکا فوری noted with some honesty that "under current conditions, there is no server that is 100% glitch-free," but the advertisers emphasize the importance of the service for accessing social networks like Instagram and YouTube.

The market offers a wide range of plans: from 1 GB to 'unlimited' packages, with some providers like رسانه دکتر سلامت 🍏 offering basic packages for 349,000 Tomans, while others like the one reported in خبرفوری ࡆ اخبارفوری مذاکره ࡆ جنگ فوری offer lower prices of 100,000 Tomans per gigabyte for wholesale. Marketing techniques include the use of automated bots, promises of refunds, and 'subscription links' to monitor data consumption.

It is evident that this is a coordinated marketing effort to increase sales of proxy and VPN services, using communication platforms associated with "security reporting" to provide the products with higher credibility in the eyes of the Iranian public, who are concerned about future disconnections.