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How Activists in Iran Are Using Starlink to Stay Online

16 janvier 2026 à 00:24
Activists spent years preparing for a communications blackout in Iran, smuggling in Starlink satellite internet systems and making digital shutdowns harder for the authorities to enforce.

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A Starlink receiver sits atop a house in Kurdistan, Iran, in 2023. About 50,000 Starlink terminals are now in the country, according to digital activists.
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