State Department Permits Elon Musk to Activate Starlink Satellite Internet in Iran

Last week, Elon Musk announced that he wanted to launch the Starlink satellite Internet in Iran. But because the country is under sanctions, this requires special permission from the government. And now that permission has been obtained.

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The U.S. State Department has let in a general license, which is required to provide services and products to countries under U.S. sanctions. Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced this on Twitter, after which Elon Musk wrote that he was activating Starlink.

Probably this decision of the United States was made against the background of the protests in Iran. Local regulators have restricted access to many Internet services. In particular, LinkedIn and WhatsApp do not work in the country. Moreover, after the statement of the U.S. State Department and Ilon Musk, the Iranian authorities blocked access to the website Starlink.

Thus, the list of countries, which the satellite Internet company SpaceX bypassed, reduced to seven. Now it includes Afghanistan, Russia, Belarus, Venezuela, China, Syria and North Korea.

Source: TeslaRati