By SCM Online Reporter
ELON MUSK’S Starlink terminals were smuggled into Iran by the thousands in a high-stakes covert operation sanctioned by the US government, it has been revealed.
A bombshell report from the Wall Street Journal claims the Biden administration orchestrated the secret “tech-lift” to keep dissidents online as the Iranian regime attempted to black out the internet during bloody nationwide protests.
The operation—straight out of a Bond film—saw thousands of the white satellite dishes spirited across borders to provide “covert support” to activists and rioters fighting the hardline Tehran government.
Under the Radar
When the “Woman, Life, Freedom” protests erupted in 2022, the Iranian regime responded by pulling the plug on the web to stop the world from seeing the brutal crackdown.
But Uncle Sam had a plan. According to the report:
Thousands of Starlink terminals were covertly shipped into the country.
Dissidents were given high-speed access to coordinate marches and bypass state censors.
US Officials worked behind the scenes to ensure the hardware reached the hands of those on the front lines.
Musk’s Web War
While Elon Musk has previously boasted about Starlink’s ability to defy dictators, the scale of the US government’s involvement in the Iranian smuggling ring has remained under wraps until now.
Sources say the kits were moved via “grey market” channels to avoid detection by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, who have labeled the devices “tools of Western espionage.”
”This wasn’t just about tweets,” one source claimed. “It was about keeping the heartbeat of the revolution alive when the regime tried to kill the lights.”
The secret operation follows a pattern of “digital intervention” by the West. In 2022, protests sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini saw Iran implement some of the most severe internet “blackouts” in history.
By smuggling in Starlink—which relies on a constellation of satellites rather than ground-based cables—the US effectively built a “ghost network” that the Iranian police couldn’t switch off.
Tehran has reacted with fury to the reports, previously threatening to “respond accordingly” to any violations of its “space sovereignty.”
