How Activists in Iran Are Using Starlink to Stay Online NYT: Technology By:Adam Satariano · Paul Mozur and Sheera Frenkel 16 January 2026 at 07:24 Activists spent years preparing for a communications blackout in Iran, smuggling in Starlink satellite internet systems and making digital shutdowns harder for the authorities to enforce. © Middle East Images/Agence France-Presse — Getty ImagesA Starlink receiver atop a house in Kurdistan, Iran, in 2023. About 50,000 Starlink terminals are now in the country, according to digital activists.
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