{"id":1665871,"date":"2026-02-21T03:10:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T08:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/?p=1665871"},"modified":"2026-02-21T03:10:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T08:10:00","slug":"iranian-starlink-black-market-prices-soar-as-war-risks-rise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/iranian-starlink-black-market-prices-soar-as-war-risks-rise\/1665871\/","title":{"rendered":"Iranian Starlink Black Market Prices Soar As War Risks Rise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden\">Iranian Starlink Black Market Prices Soar As War Risks Rise <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item\">\n<p>Iran&#8217;s black market for Starlink terminals has rapidly repriced, with reported street quotes of $4,000 per terminal, up from $700 to $1,000 last summer, as war risks surge and renewed fears grow over stricter internet censorship and another blackout.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2026-02-20\/iran-war-fears-trigger-price-surge-for-musk-s-starlink-kits\">Bloomberg<\/a> spoke with Starlink terminal sellers and human rights groups that said satellite internet via Starlink terminals is one of the only ways to stay connected to the rest of the world, as the Iranian government has cut access or forced traffic onto a highly monitored national intranet amid social uprisings.<\/p>\n<p>Now the terminals cost upwards of $4,000 per unit as war risks rise, and President Donald Trump has set a deadline for Iran to reach a &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/geopolitical\/shaky-reasoning-trump-weighs-limited-initial-strike-iran-force-deal\">meaningful deal<\/a>&#8221; on its nuclear program or face conflict with the US.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/2026-02-20_11-54-59.png?itok=-vqmYGFc\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Last month, the Iranian government implemented a two-week full-scale internet blackout to quell unrest, and connectivity to the outside world remains heavily throttled. There are about 50,000 terminals in the country, according to digital rights group Holistic Resilience.<\/p>\n<p>A Starlink seller on Telegram told the media outlet that units were extremely expensive in Iran, despite retailing in many parts of the world for a fraction of the price. In the US, Starlink terminals retail for several hundred dollars.<\/p>\n<p>SpaceX waived Starlink subscription fees across Iran, and millions of Iranians have used U.S.-funded VPNs.<\/p>\n<p>The Wall Street Journal reported last week that the Trump administration covertly sent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/geopolitical\/confirmed-us-covertly-sent-thousands-starlink-terminals-iran-amid-unrest\">6,000 Starlink terminals into Iran<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf7 US smuggled 6000 Starlink terminals into Iran last month in an effort to keep protesters online after Iran cut internet access \u2013 WSJ <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8cRoa8oCEc\">pic.twitter.com\/8cRoa8oCEc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Lord Bebo (@MyLordBebo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MyLordBebo\/status\/2021997923962433626?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 12, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Anyone using or distributing a Starlink terminal in Iran risks a lengthy prison sentence.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>      <span class=\"field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden\"><a title=\"View user profile.\" href=\"https:\/\/cms.zerohedge.com\/users\/tyler-durden\" class=\"username\">Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden\">Fri, 02\/20\/2026 &#8211; 22:10<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/technology\/iranian-starlink-black-market-prices-soar-war-risks-rise\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/technology\/iranian-starlink-black-market-prices-soar-war-risks-rise<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iranian Starlink Black Market Prices Soar As War Risks Rise Iran&#8217;s black market for Starlink terminals has rapidly repriced, with reported street quotes of $4,000&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":1665872,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1665871","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","wpcat-1-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1665871","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1665871"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1665871\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1665872"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1665871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1665871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1665871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}