Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) \u2013 US Special Presidential Envoy to Iraq Tom Barrack and Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi praised Iraq\u2019s decision on Tuesday to approve Starlink\u2019s operating license, allowing it to deliver world-leading internet services to Iraqi citizens.<\/p>\n
The two sides\u2019 remarks took place during their meeting in Baghdad to discuss strategies aiming to enhance partnerships between the United States and Iraq, according to a statement released by the Prime Minister\u2019s Office (PMO).<\/p>\n
As the decision paves the way for Elon Musk\u2019s satellite network to enter the Iraqi market, it also supports the country\u2019s digital transformation.<\/p>\n
Starlink is a satellite internet group managed by Starlink Services, LLC, an international telecommunications service and fully owned subsidiary of the US aerospace corporation SpaceX.<\/p>\n
In May 2025, former Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani and a delegation from US-based Starlink discussed possible cooperation in the communication sector. Al-Sudani indicated at that time that Iraq offers several appealing investment prospects as the country grows rapidly and expands its service sectors.<\/p>\n
Al-Sudani has already asked the relevant authorities to look at ways to make SpaceX operations easier and faster to complete.<\/p>\n
As part of the Iraqi government\u2019s digital transformation, al-Sudani pushed major technology companies, notably those located in the United States, to operate in Iraq and collaborate with the Iraqi private sector.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) \u2013 US Special Presidential Envoy to Iraq Tom Barrack and Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi praised…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":164091,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[14],"tags":[1711,51484,8496,51485,94,51486,51487,13840,32835,19727,1690],"class_list":["post-164090","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-iraq","tag-baghdad","tag-communication-sector","tag-digital-transformation","tag-internet-services","tag-iraq","tag-iraqi-private-sector","tag-satellite-network","tag-spacex","tag-starlink","tag-technology-companies","tag-the-united-states"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/116763875226053729","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164090","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=164090"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164090\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/164091"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=164090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=164090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=164090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}