Price of Musk’s Starlink Kits in Iran Soars as US Threatens War

The biggest US troop deployment in the Middle East since the Iraq War is sending the black market price for Elon Musk’s Starlink terminals soaring in Iran, where people fear a war would trigger another countrywide internet shutdown.

Prices for the smuggled kits, banned by the regime for enabling uncensored web access, have soared to as much as $4,000, according to sellers and human rights organizations focused on Iran. Prior to the Iran-Israel war in June last year, the same units sold for $700 to $1,000.