Protest in Iran have now spread to at least 50 Iranian cities, were triggered by the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, a Kurdish Iranian woman who was arrested for allegedly breaking Iran’s strict rules on wearing the hijab.
Videos showing women burning their headscarves and crowds chanting “death to the dictator” amid burning cars are flooding social media, despite the Iranian government’s intermittent shutdown of the country’s internet.
The uprisings were triggered by the death of Mahsa Amini, a Kurdish Iranian woman who was arrested for allegedly breaking Iran’s strict rules on wearing the hijab, the Islamic head covering for women. She died while in police custody, reportedly suffering multiple blows to the head.
Elon Musk has activated Starlink in Iran in order to enable communications for the protesters. SpaceX had previously activited and donated Starlink to the people in Ukraine.
Activating Starlink …
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) September 23, 2022
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Delusional Musk has found a new cause to Champion, bringing the light of free internet in laces where the flow of infrmation is interrupted or cxensored. Playing himself the game of being the world saver but really building a hollow protective self image.
Starlink.com already making a difference. See videos posted on this site the voice of Iranain woman struggle
https://www.facebook.com/page.masihalinejad
Huh? That makes literally no sense. He revolutionized numerous industries.
That makes literally no sense. He has revolutionized numerous industries.
When you have accomplished even a tiny percentage of the work Elon has already done to further humanities freedoms and capabilities maybe you would have something worth listening to. Until then….
They will need satellite dishes and a receiver. How and where the people of Iran can get it?
Can anyone explain that? I don’t think this way can help Iranian.
We need to find other ways to help those people. Without the internet, the regime will kill many and put many in jail and non of us will find out about it
They will need satellite dishes and a receiver. How and where the people of Iran can get it?
Can anyone explain that? I don’t think this way can help Iranian.
We need to find other ways to help those people. Without the internet, the regime will kill many and put many in jail and non of us will find out about it
They will need satellite dishes and a receiver. How and where the people of Iran can get it?
Can anyone explain that? I don’t think this way can help Iranian.
We need to find other ways to help those people. Without the internet, the regime will kill many and put many in jail and non of us will find out about it
that’s Very nice of you ELON thank you for helping these people THEY really need it now THANKS A LOT
So the people that pick up young women off the street and bash their heads in shouldn’t have to worry about the story getting out to the uneducated masses? They do tend to frame such necessary things in the most unfavorable light possible, right?
Musk had a tweeted permission from the digital minister of Ukraine to start operations there.
This is not the case with Iran, as the iranian government has not offered landing rights or any other formal/informal permissions. Iran is fully within their rights to lodge an ITU protest. The ITU on their own could launch a formal inquiry, which has implications for spectrum permissions for Starlink.
Funny how war reduces protocol to its minimum expression.
A tweet from one of the government officials can be the starting flag. Also it’s common sense they needed it.
Albeit, I presume there were more official talks off the public record? A frequency allocation permit filed maybe?
They were previously in negotiations for permitting and landing rights, plus a downlink gateway, prior to the February invasion. The geo-lock is just software, so could be unlocked at any time, but the lack of downlink gateway within Ukraine is hampering eastern coverage, with western coverage provided by a gateway in I believe Poland. With approximately half the current constellation being v1.5 ISL equipped sats, there is partial ISL infill for the network where gateways are not within line of sight.
I think someone said March is about when the ISL infill will be barely enough to provide global coverage with the current gateway spread, but that will be restricted by ISL bandwidth and downlink capacity over gateways.
And the terminals needed to access the sats?
I’m not up to speed of what is included in the sanctions towards Iran but the hardware may be a problem.
You assume they don’t get into Iran.
They do, the same as a surprising amount of things that aren’t supposed to.
They are just pricier and riskier to get.
After Ukraine 🇺🇦, Elon is the supporting freedom, thx to him. Before Steve Jobs support Mac sale to URSS to open the press , such behavior is really important
So that’s why Soviet Union collapsed!