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Jokes aside it's truely painful. I was lucky to have a job that got me out easily. Though it felt embarrassing when I was seeing everyone uses Docker and AWS extensively at my new job while I had never used them properly not because I wasn't smart enough but just because of where I born :(
To be clear this secure network doesn't have to be open to the world. As long as it provides a network for the people and especially activists inside Iran to communicate and be aware of the news (there are many independent and fair reporters who are sharing the news from inside Iran targeted Iranian audience). It just needs to be secured from the government. Think of it as a Git repository that can be updated either p2p, offline using patches (via anything let's say even Bluetooth) or using the government intranet. This repository can give the activist a platform to share the news and probably lead the protests without being revealed or shutdown.
About a decade ago videos were going viral the same way, using just Bluetooth. So if in the worse case government shuts down even the Intranet, then people can switch back to that old way of sharing.