People in Iran saw access to Instagram, one of the few Western social media platforms still available in the country, severely disrupted on Wednesday.This comes after several days of major protests following the death of a young woman in the custody of the vice squad.These widespread disruptions were thus reported by NetBlocks, a London-based organization that monitors Internet access around the world.Speaking on condition of anonymity for security reasons, witnesses in Iran said they were unable to log in - either through the phone app or the internet platform.These same witnesses also indicated that the WhatsApp messaging service was also inaccessible via the Iranian mobile network, although the service was still available via WiFi.The extent of the outage was not immediately determined.Receive our free daily edition by email so you don't miss any of the best news Free registration!These disruptions would thus limit the ability of protesters to organize and share information.Both services are owned by Meta, Facebook's parent company, which did not respond to an immediate request for comment.Iranian authorities have also not confirmed these limitations.Nonetheless, Iranian Telecommunications Minister Issa Zarepour, quoted by state media, was quoted as saying that some restrictions may be imposed "for security reasons".Iran already blocks Facebook, Telegram, Twitter and YouTube – several senior Iranian officials nevertheless use public accounts on these platforms.Many Iranians circumvent these bans by using virtual private networks, such as VPNs and proxies.Meanwhile, several official websites, including those of the Supreme Leader, the President and the Central Bank, were briefly taken offline after hackers reported launching a cyberattack on official agencies.These events came as later in the day in many cities of Iran, such as in the northwest in Urmia and Sardasht, nocturnal demonstrations broke out again on Wednesday evening for the fifth consecutive night.They follow one another in fifteen cities since the announcement of the death of Mahsa Amini, Friday, to the holy city of Qom, south-west of Tehran, birthplace of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.The death toll stands at six dead according to the Iranian authorities, to which must be added two people killed in the night from Tuesday to Wednesday according to a Kurdish group based in Norway.Amnesty International also counted the death of six men, a woman and a child.The organization denounced a "brutal repression" and "the illegal use of shots, steel balls, tear gas, water cannons and beatings with sticks to disperse demonstrators".In the south, videos apparently from Wednesday show protesters burning a huge portrait of General Qassem Soleimani, killed by a US strike in Iraq in January 2020.Elsewhere in the country, demonstrators set fire to police vehicles, threw stones at security forces and chanted anti-government slogans, according to the official Irna news agency.Police responded with tear gas and numerous arrests, the agency said.Other images show protesters resisting law enforcement.The most viral on social networks are those where we see women setting fire to their headscarves.Men and women, many of whom had taken off their headscarves, gathered in Tehran and other major cities across the country, according to Irna.“No to the headscarf, no to the turban, yes to freedom and equality!“Shouted these demonstrators in the capital, their slogans having been taken up in solidarity in New York or Istanbul.Aged 22 and from Kurdistan (north-west), Mahsa Amini was arrested on September 13 in Tehran for "wearing inappropriate clothes" by the vice police, a unit responsible for enforcing the strict dress code in the Republic. Islamic.Activists said the young woman had received a fatal blow to the head, an allegation denied by officials, who announced an investigation.Women in Iran are required to cover their hair and the morality police further prohibit them from wearing short coats above the knee, tight pants, jeans with holes as well as brightly colored outfits.For Mahtab, a 22-year-old make-up artist wearing an orange scarf that lets her hair show, interviewed in Tehran, "the headscarf should be a choice, we shouldn't be forced".At the UN podium on Wednesday, United States President Joe Biden said he stood in solidarity with "brave women of Iran".Do you count on The Times of Israel in French to inform you in a precise and relevant way about Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world?If the answer is yes, don't wait any longer to join the Times of Israel Community!By contributing with the sum of your choice, once a month or once a year, you can:We're glad you read X articles from The Times of Israel in the past month.That's what we work for every day: to provide discerning readers like you with relevant media coverage of Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World.Unlike many other outlets, our content is accessible for free - with no paywall popping up from the first paragraph.But our work is proving increasingly costly.That is why we invite readers, who can and for whom The Times of Israel in French has become important, to support us by joining the Times of Israel in French Community.For the amount of your choice, once a month or once a year, you too can contribute to this quality independent journalism and enjoy ad-free reading.