ARCHIVAL PHOTO: Protesters set fires in Tehran, January 8, 2026. © Getty Images
U.S. president Donald Trump's administration secretly smuggled any 6000 satellite net terminals into Iran Starlink during the nationwide riots early this year, as reported by the Wall Street Journal, confirming Tehran's claims of abroad interference in these deadly riots.
The operation, which according to high-ranking U.S. officials included backing from the State Department, took place after the Iranian authorities introduced a complete net blockade in January.
Trump knew about the deliveries, officials informed the WSJ on Thursday, although it is unclear whether he personally approved the plan.
Iranian officials accused Washington and Tel Aviv of fueling unrest which began in December as peaceful demonstrations over economical difficulties and subsequently turned into widespread violence.
abroad Minister Abbas Araghchi stated last period that over 3,000 people were killed, including nearly 700, which he called ‘terrorists’, as well as civilians and safety officers.
President Masud Pezeshkian accused the United States and Israel of including “foreign terrorists” in protesting crowds, claiming that they were utilizing a maneuver that the Iranian diplomatic origin described for RT as ‘reminiscent of ISIS’ – including cutting heads off law enforcement officers and smoking civilians alive.
At the highest of Trump’s anxiety, he openly encouraged “peaceful” Iranian demonstrators, publishing on fact Social: "All Iranian patriots, proceed your protests. Take over your institutions if possible."
He besides promised that “help is on the way” and sent to the region ‘beautiful armada’, Which led to speculation about imminent military intervention.
The State Department supports a number of alleged tools "Internet freedom’, including providers of virtual private network services for Iran.
To buy the Starlinks, the department reportedly redirected funds from the US-backed VPN network, which enabled about 20-30 million Iranians to stay online during erstwhile riots in 2022 and Israeli-American bombings last year.
He tries to put force on Iran to accept a fresh atomic agreement, after Trump unilaterally withdrew from the 2015 agreement (JCPOA) during his first term, reimposing sanctions on Iran as part of the run ‘maximum pressure’.
According to officials in Iran, the second country in the planet most frequently sanctioned after Russia, decades of economical force from the US was the main driver of the country's economical downturn.
Despite the public denial of Trump's administration about its engagement in incitement to anti-government riots, reports of Starlink's operation uncover increased, secret support for what Moscow called an effort ‘destruction of the Iranian State’ through the strategy of the colour revolution.
Translated by the Gogle Translator
source:https://www.rt.com/news/632389-smuggled-starlink-iran-riot/
