Iran is currently experiencing a near-total communications blackout, with internet and phone networks cut to isolate the public from each other and from the outside world.

At the same time, reports show the Iranian regime is escalating its crackdown on satellite internet — including criminalising Starlink use and linking it to “espionage” accusations, with severe punishments and even capital charges in some cases.

That makes this petition more urgent than ever.

When people risk prison — or worse — simply for trying to access the internet, requiring separate satellite hardware becomes a dangerous barrier. That’s why we’re calling for direct-to-phone satellite connectivity, so ordinary mobile phones can maintain a basic lifeline for messaging and emergency communication when regimes impose silence.

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Every signature is one more voice saying: you don’t get to erase people by cutting the internet.

Thank you for standing for connection