Iran’s Crackdown on Starlink Sellers Hits Rare Link to Internet

Iranian authorities arrested dozens of people who were allegedly in a network that sold Starlink satellite terminals, as Tehran expands efforts to control information more than a month into its war with the US and Israel.

Iran seized 139 Starlink devices and arrested 46 people involved in selling SpaceX’s terminals, the semi-official Iranian Students’ News Agency reported Monday, citing the country’s police chief Ahmad-Reza Radan. There are an estimated 50,000 Starlink terminals in the country, according to activists and digital rights groups.