{"id":10813,"date":"2022-09-20T14:20:53","date_gmt":"2022-09-20T14:20:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=10813"},"modified":"2022-09-20T14:20:53","modified_gmt":"2022-09-20T14:20:53","slug":"elon-musk-says-starlink-will-seek-exemption-from-iranian-sanctions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/technology\/elon-musk-says-starlink-will-seek-exemption-from-iranian-sanctions\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk says Starlink will seek exemption from Iranian sanctions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;\">SpaceX CEO <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\">Elon Musk<\/a> said on Monday that the company will ask for an exemption from sanctions against Iran to provide the firm&#8217;s Starlink satellite broadband service in the country.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;\">Musk made the statement on Twitter at a time of widespread protests in Iran over the death of a woman in police custody. Some people on Twitter asked Musk to provide the satellite-based internet stations.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Starlink will ask for an exemption to Iranian sanctions in this regard<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1571988764947320832?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 19, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;\">Access to social media and some content is tightly restricted in Iran and internet monitoring group NetBlocks reported &#8220;near-total&#8221; disruption to internet connectivity in the capital of the Kurdish region on Monday, linking it to the protests.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Read more:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/world\/twitter-confirms-sale-of-company-to-elon-musk-for-44bn.html\">Twitter confirms sale of company to Elon Musk for $44bn<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;\">Iran&#8217;s Ministry of Communications and Information Technology could not be immediately reached for comment. The foreign ministry, Iran&#8217;s mission to the United Nations, and the United States Bureau of Industry and Security did not immediately respond to Reuters requests for comment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;\">Musk did not specify from which country Starlink would seek exemptions, but Iran faces broad-based sanctions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;\">SpaceX is aiming to rapidly expand Starlink, and it is racing rival satellite communications companies including OneWeb and Amazon.com Inc&#8217;s yet to launch Project Kuiper.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said on Monday that the company will ask for an exemption from sanctions against Iran to provide the firm&#8217;s Starlink satellite broadband service in the country. Musk made the statement on Twitter at a time of widespread protests in Iran over the death of a woman in police custody. 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