SpaceX Chief Govt Elon Musk mentioned on Monday that the corporate is now near having 100 energetic Starlinks, the agency’s satellite tv for pc web service, in Iran, three months after he tweeted he would activate the service there amid protests across the Islamic nation.
Musk mentioned, “approaching 100 Starlinks energetic in Iran”, in a tweet on Monday.
The billionaire had mentioned in September that he would activate Starlink in Iran as a part of a U.S.-backed effort “to advance web freedom and the free movement of knowledge” to Iranians.
The satellite-based broadband service might assist Iranians circumvent the federal government’s restrictions on accessing the web and sure social media platforms amid protests across the nation.
The Islamic Republic has been engulfed in protests that erupted after the dying in September of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody after being arrested by the morality police for sporting “unsuitable apparel.”
