The Tesla and SpaceX founder tweeted that Starlink is “now active on all continents, including Antarctica.” When a fan asked if it would be possible to supply Starlink to people in Iran, Mr Musk replied: “Starlink will request an exemption from Iranian sanctions on this.” Image: Elon Musk Starlink is a rapidly growing network of more than 3,000 satellites in low Earth orbit, with tens of thousands of users in the US alone. Mr Musk, the world’s richest man, has said he aims to bring high-speed internet access to those in remote and rural areas. But it is not the first time he has been asked by a Twitter fan about when he will expand the service to cover Iran, where internet access is severely limited as the government tries to control dissent. Musk’s pledge comes as protests continue in parts of Iran over the death of a young woman in police custody. Mahsa Amini, 22, was detained by the country’s morality police for not wearing an Islamic headscarf or hijab to cover her hair. Police insist she died of a heart attack, but her family said she had no history of heart problems and had bruised her legs. Internet down in parts of Iran as protests continue In the third day of protests on Monday, security forces opened fire on protesters in her home town of Saqez in Iran’s Kurdish region – killing two people. Two others were killed in the town of Divandarreh by “direct fire”, according to human rights group Hengaw, with 15 injured and a fifth killed in Dehgolan, also in the Kurdish region. Netblocks reported that internet was down for more than three hours in the region, along with outages in Tehran and other Iranian cities since Friday. Efforts to revive the Iran nuclear deal Sanctions have been imposed on Iran in recent decades as a result of the country’s nuclear activity. These were relaxed as part of the 2015 nuclear deal known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. But in 2018, then-President Donald Trump pulled the US out of the accord, reimposing sanctions and prompting Tehran to begin backing away from the deal’s terms. Efforts are being made to revive the agreement. Mr. Musk did not elaborate on how he would apply for an exemption.
