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Saturday, June 14, 2025
Elon Musk says he activated Starlink in Tehran after regime cuts citizens off from internet amid Israeli strikes
Sam Sokol is the Times of Israel's political correspondent. He was previously a reporter for the Jerusalem Post, Jewish Telegraphic Agency and Haaretz. He is the author of "Putin’s Hybrid War and the Jews"
Billionaire Elon Musk announced on social media platform X that he has activated the Starlink satellite communications system in Iran after Tehran cut off internet access to citizens in the wake of Israeli strikes against its nuclear program early Friday morning.
“The beams are on,” he wrote on Saturday morning.
In a statement, the Iranian Communications Ministry on Friday said that due to the situation “temporary restrictions have been imposed on the country’s internet,” in effect blocking Iranians from accessing outside news sources during the conflict between Tehran and Jerusalem.
The beams are on
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 14, 2025
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