How Starlink Is Helping Iranians Evade Wartime Internet Blackout

The near-total shutdown of the internet in Iran is the world’s longest nationwide blackout since the Arab Spring in the early 2010s.

The Iranian government blocked access to the web shortly after the US and Israel launched strikes against the country in late February. This cut off many Iranians’ ability to communicate with the outside world. It followed an earlier shutdown in January during anti-regime protests.