Iranian officials believe that the US Treasury’s granting of a general license to promote internet freedom in the country is an attempt to “violate Iran’s sovereignty”. This was expressed by the country’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson, promising that “this will not go unanswered”.

what is known

• The Iranian government is trying to stop mass protests following the murder of a woman detained by the national morality police for “wrongly wearing the hijab”.
• Police say Mahsa Amini died of heart failure, but evidence shows she was severely beaten.
• This prompted people to take to the streets and protest the government’s actions.
• In response, internet access was cut off in Iran.

This is probably what prompted US officials to authorize Starlink services in Iran. US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken announced on Twitter that a general license had been granted, and Elon Musk wrote in response that he had already activated Starlink.

“Today we have taken steps to promote Internet freedom and the free flow of information for the Iranian people by issuing a General License to provide greater access to digital communications against the Iranian government’s censorship.”– Written by Anthony Blinken.

Starlink is currently activated in Iran. For it to work, it needs terminals within the country that the Iranian government will certainly not support. But if someone in Iran can get the terminals, they will work.