Rahim Shilani and Azad Rasoulifard, residents of the Iranian city of Bukan, were each sentenced to two years in prison for buying and selling Starlink satellite equipment. The two were held for nearly three months before the verdict, according to Iranian media reports.
The sentences were handed down to Rahim Shilani and Azad Rasoulifard, residents of Bukan in northwestern Iran. They were convicted of buying and selling Starlink satellite equipment, which SpaceX provides to users globally but remains heavily restricted in Iran under US sanctions and Iranian law. The two were detained for nearly three months before the verdict. No details have been released about the specific quantities of equipment, the court, or whether the charges relate to individual use or commercial trading. The case is one of the first publicly known Iranian prosecutions specifically for Starlink-related activities.
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