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As promised! Elon Musk is sending nearly 100 Starlink satellites to Iran

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said on December 26 that the company had deployed nearly 100 Starlink satellite internet antennas in Iran after promising “there will be no satellite receivers.” three months ago to open a satellite internet service there to help protesters protesting against the government. .

Musk tweeted on Monday: “Almost 100 starlinks are already in use in Iran.”

Musk announced in September that he would launch the Starlink service in Iran. It is part of a US plan to help “enhance Internet freedom. and spreading information without limits” to Iranians.

Broadband services linked to the Starlink satellite network will allow Iranians to avoid a government shutdown. and still have access to the online world and some social media platforms

Massive protests in Iran have been sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old woman of Kurdish descent. Iran’s ‘moral police’ detained for hijab misconduct in September

Source: Reuters

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