Forget missiles—right now, Iran’s electronic warfare is hitting Starlink where it hurts! Fresh telemetry reveals the first real evidence of a regime using GPS deception to silence voices from the inside out.
A user on X named NarimanGharib — obtained Starlink terminal debug data from Iran during the ongoing internet shutdown. He explained that the data shows evidence of GPS spoofing. He said “…the dish detected 18 GPS satellites with valid signal lock” he then went on to explain that this isn’t a simple form of jamming and that the government appeared to be broadcasting fake GPS signals to confuse the Starlink systems. He explained that this caused more than 20% packet loss and connections never stabilized—along with other issues this made Starlink barely usable despite it staying online.
This escalation comes amid Iran’s near-total internet blackout since January 8, 2026, triggered by massive anti-regime protests over economic collapse (thousands were reported killed in crackdowns). Starlink was smuggled in despite a 2025 law criminalizing it as ‘espionage’—which has become a lifeline for sharing footage and coordinating resistance. Authorities raided homes, used drones to hunt dishes, and deployed mobile jammers. Earlier jamming caused 30-80% packet loss; this spoofing marks smarter, more targeted evolution in a cat-and-mouse game.
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