Charges may be enhanced if the device is found to have been sent by a US organisation, Ahmadian pointed out. His group has supplied “up to 200” antennas to individuals in Iran, and has facilitated the sale of “more than 5,000 Starlink devices” by connecting ordinary citizens with underground resellers, he said. ‘More than 50,000’While the number of terminals within Iran is not publicly known, Ahmadian estimates that “there are more than 50,000 Starlink terminals in Iran, for sure”. For her part, James estimates that there are “tens of thousands” of Starlink devices in the country of 92 million. And earlier this month, a man described as the head of a network that sold internet access via Starlink was arrested by Iranian authorities.

Source: Bangkok Post March 26, 2026 07:51 UTC