by Oui
Sun Jan 11th, 2026 at 08:16:29 AM EST
THE EYE IN THE SKY
The Tech Colony Complex: Silicon Valley a Proxy State Orchestrating Regime Change In Iran
21st Century Wire
In Tehran, the streets are tense, the internet is down in many places. In a bid to try and stem a foreign-backed destabilisation operation, Iranian government has imposed a nationwide blackout, cutting citizens off from information, communication, and the outside world. Yet while state authorities scramble to maintain control, Silicon Valley quietly undermines sovereignty. Smuggled Starlink terminals from SpaceX beam uncensored internet into homes and streets, letting protesters livestream events, coordinate actions, and access unblocked platforms, a lifeline aligned with U.S. and Israel strategic objectives. This is not philanthropy. It is corporate-enabled geopolitical intervention.
CIA, MI6 and Mossad using terror groups as useful idiots for capitalism to destroy social democracy ... and dissent.
Elon Musk says he activated Starlink in Tehran after regime cuts citizens off from internet amid Israeli strikes | TOI – 15 June 2025 |
Billionaire Elon Musk announced on social media platform X that he has activated the Starlink satellite communications system in Iran after Tehran cut off internet access to citizens in the wake of Israeli strikes against its nuclear program early Friday morning.
“The beams are on,” he wrote on Saturday morning.
In a statement, the Iranian Communications Ministry on Friday said that due to the situation “temporary restrictions have been imposed on the country’s internet,” in effect blocking Iranians from accessing outside news sources during the conflict between Tehran and Jerusalem.
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’The problem is that if you're caught using Starlink devices in Iran, either you'll be imprisoned or sentenced to death' | Israel i24 |
Israeli official asked about Starlink in Iran as Musk weighed in, sources say | JPost – 10 Jan 2026 |
The inquiry surfaced as internet monitors and media reported near-total connectivity loss across Iran, renewing attention on satellite internet as a tool to bypass state shutdowns.
Deputy Minister Almog Cohen, a junior minister in Israel’s Prime Minister’s Office, contacted Israeli-American venture capitalist Dovi Frances this week to ask whether Starlink was operating inside Iran amid widespread internet disruptions. The contact came as Iran faced what monitors described as a major “digital blackout” on Thursday, during escalating nationwide protests.
Frances would not confirm whether or not he spoke with Elon Musk, whose company SpaceX operates Starlink, though he did not detail what was discussed or whether any action followed. Cohen did not respond to a request for comment by publication time.
Cohen is a deputy minister, a government role that typically supports a senior minister and handles specific policy areas on the government’s behalf. Frances is the founding partner of Group 11, a venture capital firm with deep ties in the US and Israeli tech sectors, placing him in proximity to global industry leaders such as Musk. He is also the star of the Israeli version of the Shark Tank TV show.
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President Trump warns Iranian regime of retaliatory measures | NBC News |
Violence also broke out in the city of Zahedan in southeast Iran after Friday prayers. Security forces opened fire on crowds of protesters, according to the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, a Norwegian-registered Kurdish watchdog group that monitors rights violations across Iran.
Zahedan, home to a large community of Iran’s ethnic Baluch minority, was also a hotbed of protests in 2022 where several protesters were shot by security forces after Friday prayers in what came to be known as “bloody Friday.”
Reza Pahlavi, the exiled son of Iran’s late shah, posted on X early Saturday to call for protesters to prepare to seize city centers across Iran.
He also called for a “nationwide strike” targeting the transportation, oil, gas and energy industries to destabilize the regime.
The violence in Iran comes as Trump again issued a warning to the country’s leaders on Friday not to kill protesters.
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