Firefox users in Iran says the free VPN they’d relied on for months stopped connecting, then disappeared from the browser. [1] [2] Iran was already outside the official rollout, but for people who could use it, this was a simple way to reach the open internet from a browser they already had.
Companies have to follow sanctions law, and U.S. Treasury rules already authorize certain VPN and anti-censorship tools for people in Iran. [3] It’s still unclear what changed here.
If you know someone on Firefox’s VPN or policy team, could you pass this along? Can Mozilla explain what changed and look into restoring access?
[1] https://x.com/benyandhamed/status/2120081266385043818
[2] https://www.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/1xshb4b/mozilla_vpn_disappeared_for_me/
[3] https://ofac.treasury.gov/faqs/1087
