For fifty-five days and counting, the Islamic Republic of Iran has kept ninety-two million people offline. The blackout that began on February 28 at the onset of Operation Epic Fury is now the longest nationwide Internet shutdown in recorded history, over 1,296 hours of forced darkness. Tehran’s own communications minister admits that the shutdown iis bleeding the economy of roughly $35 million daily. NetBlocks puts total losses at nearly $2 billion. Meanwhile, 80 percent of online sales have vanished, and small businesses are going bankrupt by the hour. A regime that has told its people for 47 years that the enemy is outside the country is now helping to further tank its own economy to keep people from talking to each other. For fifty-five days and counting, the Islamic Republic of Iran has kept ninety-two million people offline. AFP via Getty Images The Islamic Republic has always had one true Achilles’ heel, and it is not Israeli jets or American sanctions. It is the Iranian street .…