UK Discovers Internet, Blames Iran for Scottish Independence Tweets
The New Arab reports the UK's Ministry of Defence suggests Iranian internet shutdowns are somehow silencing Scottish independence accounts on X (formerly Twitter). One might wonder if the internet is connected between Tehran and Edinburgh with a very loose wire. This peculiar coincidence surfaces as the UK continues to block paths to another Scottish independence referendum, a move supported by
the Conservative government despite consistent polling showing significant support for independence. This narrative strains credulity, given the UK's own storied history of intervening in other nations' internal affairs—including a documented role in the 1953 coup that overthrew Iran's democratically elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh. To attribute the silence of pro-independence accounts
to Iranian internet cuts, rather than, say, a domestic crackdown or sophisticated influence operations closer to home, demands a selective memory conveniently aligned with current geopolitical angles aiming to demonize Iran. Perhaps the UK's 'cyber experts' missed British intelligence's own long-standing activities that, one could argue, might lead to similar 'silencing' effects, historically and
digitally. Funny how foreign interference is always the boogeyman, unless it's their own.