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Posted on 01/08/2026 2:01:54 PM PST by Mr. Mojo
Communications networks go dark right after start of Tehran protests urged on by exiled crown prince; protesters chant ‘death to the dictator’ and ‘death to the Islamic Republic’.
Thousands of people in Iran’s capital shouted from their homes and rallied in the street Thursday night after a call by the country’s exiled crown prince for a mass demonstration, witnesses said, a new escalation in the protests that have spread nationwide across the Islamic Republic. Internet access and telephone lines in Iran cut out immediately after the protests began.
The protest represented the first test of whether the Iranian public could be swayed by Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi, whose fatally ill father fled Iran just before the country’s 1979 Islamic Revolution. Demonstrations have included cries in support of the Shah, something that could bring a death sentence in the past but now underlines the anger fueling the protests that began over Iran’s ailing economy.
Thursday saw a continuation of the demonstrations that popped up in cities and rural towns across Iran on Wednesday. More markets and bazaars shut down in support of the protesters. So far, Iranian security forces have killed at least 45 protesters, including eight minors, according to the Norway-based NGO Iran Human Rights.
The NGO said Wednesday was the bloodiest day since the demonstrations began, with 13 protesters confirmed to have been killed.
“The evidence shows that the scope of the crackdown is becoming more violent and more extensive every day,” said IHR director Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam, adding that hundreds more have been wounded and over 2,000 arrested.
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Elon could be helping. Starlink was invented for this stuff.
Elon is helping!
Full blown civil war
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Obama could have helped protesters during his term, but didn’t.
On Tousi TV according to former Head of Mossad Yossi Cohen the surveillance cameras (CCTV) of the regime have been hacked!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLd-kTxHAyo
Tousi has mentioned Starlink several times. I bet Tousi’s sources have access to Starlink.
The Iranian regime shut down internet and phone lines and the broadcast Tucker Carlson show on national TV!!
Allah has decided which side will be the righteous.
Looks like the real deal is starting to going down in Iran if this video is legit.
Khomeini regime will not give up easily. Only 45 dead? Expect more and lots more.
The demonstrators are still out on the streets of Teheran. Now marching on the IRGC HQ.
Meanwhile, looks like the UK is channeling its inner mullah...
BREAKING: UK considering banning X (formerly known as Twitter), per The Telegraph.
5:17 PM · Jan 8, 2026 37.7K Views
https://x.com/LeadingReport/status/2009389056019386454
Not posting the link to the Telegraph’s story because it’s behind a paywall.
For comparison, 49 Americans died in the early April 1775 Lexington and Concord battles of the American Revolution (over a year before we formally declared independence in July 1776). So these 45 may be the first of many.
Cool.
Just went to the StarLink site and one just needs; dish, router, cables and StarLink app on a smart phone.
How does that get delivered to Iran?
Loads of set up’s already in Iran.
In 1999 I think, there was a wargame called the millennium challenge. The scenario had to do with an invasion of a middle eastern country. The blue forces (wargame jargon for the good guys, in this case the USA) planned to take in a carrier group, jam all comms, establish air supremacy and then demand surrender. On the other side in the game, Red forces (the baddies) were assigned to a USMC General to command and he realized he could not win a traditional war against the blue force so he got creative.
When comms were cut, he had anticipated it and a network of motorcycle couriers was already set up and ready to go, while the speakers in the minarets were used to broadcast messages to forces in the area of a mosque (in other words, everywhere).
Meanwhile he had a lot of commercial aircraft fly low to the surface an crash into the ships while commercial vessels rammed them. Basically within a day red forces had sunk the blue force carrier group and the pentagon had a lot of egg on their faces.
So they ordered the Marine general to fight traditionally, using only the military units, and then they beat him easily.
The problem is, enemies don't obey your rules. Point being the regime can cut comms, but perhaps it won't matter.
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