{
  "id": 11085896,
  "title": "Iran official says Starlink could cripple Tehran’s internet-control playbook",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/iran-official-says-starlink-could-cripple-tehrans-internet-control",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-01T02:01:17.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Gulf News",
    "slug": "gulf-news",
    "url": "https://gulfnews.com/world/mena/iran-official-says-starlink-could-cripple-tehrans-internet-control-playbook-1.500694244"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Iran's Deputy Communications Minister, Mohammad Hafez Hakami, has warned that the growing use of Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite-internet service could deal the \"final nail in the coffin\" to Iran's ability to control cyberspace. Hakami stated that Iran's control over cyberspace is now based on Starlink, and the regime has failed to produce an adequate policy response to the issue. Over the past two years, Iranian authorities have increasingly restricted internet access during periods of unrest, with the government's response becoming progressively more restrictive. Hakami also suggested that Starlink and direct-to-cell satellite services could render measures such as device registration and user-identity verification ineffective, potentially forcing the government to cut electricity during future crises.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}