Business of Space

Iran’s Losing the Fight to Turn Off Musk’s Satellites

Starlink thwarts government efforts to enforce internet blackout

Abbas Araghchi, Iran's foreign minister (center), flanked by ambassador to the UN in Geneva Ali Bahreini (left) during a news conference on June 20.

Photographer: Fred Merz/Bloomberg
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Hello, it’s Hugo Miller in Geneva, where the telecoms arm of the United Nations is in the thick of a fight between the US and Iran over Elon Musk’s Starlink network. But first...

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