Jamie Fly is the CEO of Freedom House, where Jennifer Brody is the deputy director of policy and advocacy for technology and democracy.
The Iranian regime doesn’t like Starlink, and it’s little wonder why. As Mohammad Hafez Hakami, a deputy technology minister, said on Sept. 30: The spread of Elon Musk’s satellite network drives the “final nail in the coffin” of Tehran’s ability to control cyberspace. “If this trend continues,” Hakami added, “we will be forced to cut electricity in the next crisis.”