Iran Protests: How Musk’s Starlink is Helping Pierce Internet Blackout

Most Iranians will still struggle to access Starlink unless huge numbers of the receivers can be spirited into the country. “That of course has its risks. And I think that it can’t happen necessarily overnight,” said Jason Brodsky, policy director of US-based advocacy group United Against Nuclear Iran. Cyberwarfare could also be used to counter Iran’s internet blackout. “One of the options that the president is likely weighing is to use offensive cyber operations to jam the ability of the Iranian regime to turn off the internet and also any kind of interference that they’re trying to mount with respect to Starlink in the country,” said Brodsky. This could involve sending planes over Iran that emit stronger signals than the Iranian jamming equipment, making it ineffective — essentially jamming the jammers.