03-24-2026, 05:55 PM
(03-24-2026, 10:53 AM)bastion Wrote: Could well be the case but I'm not sure they would film such a presence. A little bit of digging indicates Kermenanshah is Iran's largest Kurdish populated city and close to the border where Iraqi kurds launched a limited offensive a couple of weeks ago which would also be an easy way to smuggle footage back out of Iran which would be the best case scenario (alongside SF taking out IRGC).
Worst case scenario is it could be regime footage of false flags to deliberately cause an insurgency/maximum chaos in their death throes or ISIS-linked movement as such footage/distribution fits their traditional recruitment efforts but I imagine other outlets would have reported on the footage originating on Jihadi sites if that was the case.
Is Starlink or similar available in Iran - I've not paid any attention as to if that or similar networks are available to help Persians in Iran.
Starlink works in Iran.
It’s illegal but they say there’s about 50,000 units in country.
The regime has been proactively blocking, jamming and hunting dishes.
SpaceX made it free there but with all the jamming and hunting, it’s a crap shoot using it.
The regime has already seized hundreds of them and you can only guess what they’ve done with their owners.
I’m sure there’s a few smart disciplined people using it effectively.
This would explain some of the video and information that’s been getting out despite the military hunting them.
