Early into the second week of the war between Israel and Iran, accessing information about the conflict has become more difficult in several ways.

Last week, Iran first throttled internet speed and eventually shut down its internet. Iran's government claimed Israeli drones were operating via SIM card internet connections and that the internet shutdown was necessary to limit Israel's ability to wage cyber warfare.

Consequently, websites, mobile apps and online messengers are inaccessible in Iran. That means news Iranians receive on the war, the death toll, destruction or this past weekend's US strikes comes solely from Iran's government and its state-led media.

Iranian authorities have also banned international media correspondents, such as DW journalists, from reporting on the conflict on the ground.

"My mother asked me to tell her what was happening," an Iranian man who lives in Germany and was able to call his mother in Tehran for a few minutes during the weekend told DW. He asked for his name not to be published for fear of reprisal.

"She had no idea which parts of Tehran were hit."

While obtaining news about the ongoing conflict from within Israel is possible, Israeli censor guidelines were updated last week. At the time of this publication, the discussion on a further tightening of the rules was ongoing. These guidelines are legally binding for local journalists and international correspondents.

The new regulations affect Tania Krämer, the head of DW's Jerusalem studio. "Until now, any footage of military installations or troops had to be approved by the military censor," she said from Jerusalem. "Also, the faces of soldiers had to be blurred."

Such footage has to be submitted to the military censor prior to publication. "On average, [the military censor office]........

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