Iranian officials signaled a new threat to satellite internet.
On June 11, a news agency tied to the Iranian Revolutionary Guards announced it could target Starlink ground facilities and other Elon Musk‑related assets in the region. The statement did not specify timing or scale, only that such sites were in the crosshairs.
If carried out, the threat could knock out Starlink service for millions of users in the Middle East, a market the company has been expanding into after the loss of Russian and Chinese coverage. Disruptions would affect everything from remote education to military communications that rely on the low‑latency network.
The warning follows previous Iranian rhetoric about foreign tech infrastructure, but this is the first explicit mention of Starlink. Source: PCMag.