According to entrepreneur Elon Musk, satellite internet service Starlink is making progress in deploying its facilities in Iran. Musk said on Monday that they have nearly 100 active Starlinks in Iran. In September, despite anti-government protests in the country, he said he wanted to activate Starlinks there as part of a US-backed initiative to promote internet freedom and the free flow of information.
Earlier this year, Musk also activated Starlink services in Ukraine. Musk’s company SpaceX has long been building a dense network of satellites in space to create a global internet. The services will also be used by the Ukrainian army in the fight against the Russian offensive war.
Valuable tool for protesters
The satellite-based broadband service could help protesters in Iran get around government-imposed restrictions on access to the internet and certain social media platforms. In Iran, there have been violent protests against the country’s leadership for months. The reason was the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini. She died in disputed circumstances in September. She had previously been taken into police custody for allegedly violating Iran’s strict Islamic dress code for women.
The protests represent one of the biggest challenges facing the Shia Muslim-ruled Islamic Republic since the 1979 revolution. Iran has said the protesters are being trained and armed by enemies such as the US, Israel and Saudi Arabia.
Source: Krone
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