A Plea from Iran: The Double Burden of Censorship and Restrictions on Mozilla VPN

Dear Mozilla Team, I am writing to you today not just as a user, but as a human being who feels completely trapped between oppressive government censorship and international restrictions. For a long time, Mozilla’s free VPN was a small window of digital freedom for me, allowing me to bypass the severe and suffocating internet censorship imposed by our government in Iran. But recently, that window was suddenly shut. Overnight, this vital tool stopped working for me and thousands of others like me here. It is deeply painful to realize that simply because of the geographical accident of where we were born, our entire lives are controlled, restricted, and penalized by governments and external barriers alike. Why must ordinary people suffer from both sides? We are only trying to access the open internet, communicate freely, and reclaim a basic human right. Mozilla has always stood for a free, open, and accessible internet for everyone. I am urgently asking you from the bottom of my heart: Can Mozilla do something to help us? Is there any way for users in Iran to regain access to your VPN service and bypass these digital walls? We need your help more than ever. Please don't leave us behind in the dark. Sincerely, Farhad mohammadaliha A user from Iran