Unfortunately, when dealing with an authoritarian government, there is not much that can be done. In Iran, the government invests heavily on censorship infrastructure.
The country's entire internet traffic passes through an organization controlled by the government.
The telecom companies were sold to the military (we have two military branches, one is made to support the government, to to defend the country) and they control all communication, shutting down the service when necessary. They can even shut down specific regions when a riot is happening there.
The government sends EM noise in urban regions to block satellite TVs. This cannot be done easily to block something like Starlink due to spread spectrum modulation, but as the government controls official import gateways, there is no simple way to buy the equipment. Also, anyone with such a connection should take extreme measures to stay under radar. For most of them it's not easy for a normal person to even know they are revealing their identity, as many domestic service providers (food delivery, ride hailing, etc) have servers inside Iran and should cooperate with the government to share user data with them.
I wonder if something as simple as a Garmin inReach would still work?
Super low bandwith (literally just text messages) but it goes direct to iridium satellites. Plans arent super cheap but I imagine you could afford one for example if you really needed it.
The country's entire internet traffic passes through an organization controlled by the government.
The telecom companies were sold to the military (we have two military branches, one is made to support the government, to to defend the country) and they control all communication, shutting down the service when necessary. They can even shut down specific regions when a riot is happening there.
The government sends EM noise in urban regions to block satellite TVs. This cannot be done easily to block something like Starlink due to spread spectrum modulation, but as the government controls official import gateways, there is no simple way to buy the equipment. Also, anyone with such a connection should take extreme measures to stay under radar. For most of them it's not easy for a normal person to even know they are revealing their identity, as many domestic service providers (food delivery, ride hailing, etc) have servers inside Iran and should cooperate with the government to share user data with them.