Israeli United Nations Ambassador Danny Danon posted a video on social media on Thursday, showing him approaching the Iranian UN delegation, offering the Starlink internet device shown during Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech for the people of Iran.
"I thought it appropriate to give you the Starlink," Danon said to the delegation. "It can be very useful for you to allow the Iranian people to get their freedom after what you did to them. So you want to take it and deliver it back to Tehran?"
Receiving no response from the delegation, Danon added: "We love the Iranian people and we pray for the regime change there."
Iran experienced a nationwide internet blackout in January 2026 following anti-government protests, with connections gradually returning to normal in February, before a new blackout was imposed after US and Israeli strikes against Iran on February 28, at the start of operations Roaring Lion and Epic Fury.
The people of Iran were again plunged into an internet blackout until mid-May 2026, when the connection was restored after a record-breaking 88 days.
The Iranian regime weighs the possibility of causing further internet disruptions
The Islamic Republic of Iran is under increasing pressure from hardline media outlets and figures to escalate the conflict by severing the international fiber-optic cables running beneath the Strait of Hormuz and the Arab Gulf by hardline media outlets and figures.
Hossein Shariatmadari, managing editor of the ultra-conservative Kayhan newspaper, insisted earlier this month that disrupting or cutting off the internet cables was a “necessary measure” to respond to the “crimes of America and its wicked allies.”