SpaceX offers free Starlink internet service in Iran

U.S. entrepreneur Elon Musk’s company SpaceX has waived the Starlink subscription fee in Iran amid protests, Bloomberg reported.

A person familiar with Starlink’s operations confirmed the free service, while asking not to be identified because the information isn’t public.

According to the NetBlocks Internet monitoring service, Iran has been without Internet access for over 96 hours. On January 9, the Iranian Ministry of Communications and Information Technologies said that it was taking measures to bring the country back online.

On January 12, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said that the government had blocked access to the Internet during protests due to foreign-orchestrated terrorist operations.