Iran eased some restrictions on its people and, for the first time in days, allowed them to make phone calls abroad via their mobile phones on Tuesday. It did not ease restrictions on the internet or enable texting services to be restored as the toll from days of protests against the state rose to hundreds of people killed.
Although Iranians could call abroad, people outside the country could not call them, several people in the capital told The Associated Press.
The witnesses, who spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of reprisal, said that SMS text messaging was still down and that internet users inside Iran could not access anything outside the country. However, there were local connections to government-approved websites.
It was unclear if restrictions would ease further after authorities cut off all communications inside the country and to the outside world late Thursday.