As Iran sees widespread protests over the death of a young woman in police custody, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk revealed on Twitter on Monday that the company is requesting an exemption from sanctions to provide Starlink satellite broadband. applied against Tehran. Services in the country
However, Musk did not specify which country Starlink is seeking an exemption from, but Iran faces extensive sanctions.
While many people on Twitter asked the American billionaire to provide stations for internet services via satellite.
SpaceX plans to rapidly expand the Starlink network around the world to compete with satellite communications companies including OneWeb.
It is worth noting that access to social networks has been facing severe restrictions in Iran for years, and the authorities usually cut off the Internet in many areas during protests in order to limit it and not expand it.
Internet watchdog NetBlocks, for example, reported a “virtually” blackout of Internet access in the Kurdistan Region’s capital on Monday, linking it to protests that began after the killing of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini. A few days after he was arrested by the so-called “moral police” or “religious police”.
It is worth noting that Mehsa fell into a coma last week amid allegations by security forces that she had been severely beaten leading to a stroke, especially after X-rays revealed a fractured skull. They showed, he died. Twenties
What sparked angry protests across the country over the way the security forces were treated continues after it changed in some areas, especially in the city of Sanandaj, the capital of Kurdistan province in northwestern Iran, where the young woman is from. . to the demands of regime change and the overthrow of “Walayat Faqih”.
Source: Lebanon Debate
