Trump Offers Internet to Iran After Years of US Sanctions
The New Arab reports Trump's promise to discuss Starlink's potential role in re-establishing internet in Iran following government blackouts. This sentiment comes from a former administration that championed the very sanctions which crippled Iran's infrastructure, including its digital access. For decades, US policy—including Trump's 'maximum pressure' campaign—has severely restricted Iran's
access to global technology and finance, making widespread internet disruption a predictable outcome, if not an intended one, of sustained economic warfare. It's almost as if the digital divide is only a problem when it can be blamed on current adversaries, rather than on the long-game strategies of regime change. How convenient that the 'free internet' becomes a noble cause only when it serves a
particular geopolitical narrative, rather than an underlying commitment to universal access. (Maybe next, they'll offer aid to Gaza, after approving the bombs that destroyed it.)