Iran Designates SpaceX and Starlink Regional Operations as Military Targets Amid Active US-Iran Strikes

Iranian state media outlet Fars announced June 11 that Iran will treat all of Elon Musk's companies operating in the Middle East — explicitly naming SpaceX's Starlink regional ground station — as military targets, as US-Iran mutual strikes continued to strain ongoing ceasefire negotiations. The threat escalates a months-long dispute over Starlink's battlefield role, including a Pentagon-SpaceX pricing conflict where SpaceX raised its per-drone Starlink fee from $5,000 to $25,000 before the Pentagon accepted the increase.