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Iran crippled Starlink and why the rest of the world should worry [View all]
https://restofworld.org/2026/iran-starlink-internet-shutdown/?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us:
The nationwide internet shutdown, which started on January 8, has disconnected 85 million Iranians from the outside world. Cloudflare, a major internet infrastructure company, recorded a 98.5% collapse in Iranian internet traffic within 30 minutes of the shutdown starting. NetBlocks, an internet monitoring group, confirmed non-satellite connectivity dropped below 2% of normal levels.
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Tehran has introduced a “white list” system that allows government-aligned media selective access while ordinary citizens remain cut off. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s X account continued posting even as the rest of Iran went dark.
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