The Trump administration secretly smuggled thousands of Starlink satellite internet terminals into Iran following last month's brutal crackdown on anti-regime protests, according to senior US officials who spoke to The Wall Street Journal.
Protesters participate in a demonstration in support of the nationwide protests in Iran against the government, in Berlin, Germany, Saturday, Feb. 7, 2026 ... .
As unrest tore through Iran last mont, Trump egged protesters on and encouraged them to escalate, saying “To all Iranian patriots, keep protesting, take over your institutions, if possible, and save ...
The protests that erupted in the streets of Iran at the end of December and beginning of January were the largest since the protests of 2009 ... But there was more behind the protests than domestic demand for change.
In an exclusive interview assessing the latest developments, Nasr told Anadolu that the protests that erupted in Iran were an enormous difference from previous waves of unrest, both in scale and political demands.