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🚨 An Iranian police officer says the economic situation has become unbearable even for the security forces the Islamic Republic depends on to keep itself in power. In an extraordinary appeal, the officer says many Iranians assume police and security personnel live comfortably or have other sources of income. He says the reality is very different, with officers themselves increasingly struggling to survive financially. He says he has been unable to afford milk for his own household for a long time and describes the same desperation among his colleagues. “Who can I tell my pain to? I look at my colleagues and they are all like me.” But his criticism goes beyond his salary. He pleads with authorities to address the suffering of ordinary Iranians, says those currently in charge are incapable of solving people’s problems and that there are better people who could govern, and even describes those responsible as godless while urging them to “return to God.” This is particularly significant coming from inside the police. The Islamic Republic depends on its security apparatus to contain unrest, enforce its authority and ultimately protect the political system. When ordinary Iranians cannot afford basic necessities, the Islamic Republic has a social crisis. When the police officers expected to contain that anger say they cannot afford them either, it has a security problem too.
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🚨 A car has plowed directly into a pro-IRGC gathering in Mashhad, with multiple Basij members reportedly killed and dozens injured. The vehicle struck one of the Islamic Republic’s nightly pro-regime gatherings on Eqbal Lahori Boulevard, where government supporters and Basij members had assembled. Videos circulating from the scene show people on the ground, scattered flags and debris, and a heavily damaged vehicle as bystanders rush around the area. Opposition accounts are claiming at least four Basij members were killed and dozens injured, while regime-affiliated accounts acknowledge deaths and injuries but claim the driver was drunk. The circumstances remain unclear, including whether the driver deliberately targeted the gathering. The driver has reportedly been detained. These nightly gatherings have become a regular show of support for the Islamic Republic in Mashhad and other cities since Khamenei’s death, making tonight’s incident particularly significant.
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🚨 The Islamic Republic has criminalized protests, and is now warning that its next crackdown will be even bloodier than January, where more than 45,000 protestors were killed. Chief Justice Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje’i is openly warning Iranians what awaits them if they return to the streets. “If they once again think of committing an error and decide to stir up chaos and unrest, they can be certain that they will receive a very strong and firm response from the police, security, and intelligence forces, as well as the judiciary.” Eje’i has also declared that the Islamic Republic is “more prepared than ever” and warned that its response to another wave of unrest will be “more decisive than in all previous periods.” The language is deliberate. Protest and dissent are recast as threats to the state. Demonstrators become “rioters,” “agitators,” “enemy agents” and “traitors.” Those the Islamic Republic wants to punish most severely can face charges such as moharebeh, or waging war against God, which can carry the death penalty. Eje’i has repeatedly demanded “no leniency” toward those accused of involvement in unrest. He has also pushed for rapid prosecution and punishment, arguing that waiting months undermines its deterrent effect. It creates an entire machinery of repression. Police, Basij, IRGC and intelligence forces suppress protesters in the streets. Eje’i’s judiciary then prosecutes those who survive, turning arrests into imprisonment and potentially death sentences. And this warning is coming as economic protests are again emerging across Iran, including young people taking to the streets over unemployment and discriminatory hiring. The Islamic Republic is not promising to listen to the next protest movement. After January’s bloodshed, its judiciary chief is openly warning that the police, security forces, intelligence apparatus and courts are more prepared than ever to crush it.
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🚨 Economic rage is boiling across Iran, with furious citizens now physically attacking company executives and regime-linked figures who they blame for corruption, broken promises and financial ruin. In the latest incident, angry customers physically attacked a Farda Motors executive after being told they would have to wait several more months for cars some had already been waiting roughly two years to receive. Customers had paid large sums for vehicles originally promised within months. After years of delays, inflation eating away at the value of their money and repeated promises of delivery, they were again told there were no cars available and they needed to keep waiting. This is a small snapshot of the enormous rage building across Iran. Years of economic deterioration, austerity, corruption, broken promises and collapsing purchasing power have pushed patience to the breaking point. Farda Motors is only one example. Across the economy, Iranians have watched savings evaporate, businesses struggle, promised goods fail to materialize and their currency collapse while connected elites remain insulated from the consequences. Now the Trump administration's “Economic D-Day” campaign is compounding those pressures, seeking to sever the Islamic Republic's remaining financial lifelines as the regime struggles to contain mounting economic anger. The confrontation is bigger than one car company. It is a glimpse of what happens when decades of corruption and economic failure collide with unprecedented external pressure and a population increasingly unwilling to quietly absorb the losses.
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🚨 A drive-by shooting targeting a purported Basij member has surfaced in a newly circulating video from Iran. As internet access slowly returns across parts of the country, the footage reportedly shows armed anti-regime militants opening fire on a man outside a supermarket before chasing him inside and fleeing the scene. It is widely believed that armed grassroots anti-regime movements have begun forming inside Iran to confront the regime’s brutality.
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🚨 Protests over unemployment and economic desperation are increasing across Iran, and security forces have opened fire on another group of young Iranians demanding jobs. This time, Iranian youth and their families gathered outside the Daabel Khazaei Sugarcane Company in Ahvaz, protesting unemployment and the hiring of non-local workers. Security forces responded with beatings and gunfire. The dispute is rooted in a striking contradiction. The company operates across roughly 12,000 hectares, much of it tied to the surrounding region and local communities, yet residents say qualified local youth continue to be denied basic employment opportunities. One man filming the confrontation describes the desperation: “These young people are all hungry. No one hires us… We want work. The young people are hungry. We have nothing.” He says security forces chased the protesters with Kalashnikov rifles. This follows the separate confrontation in Gachsaran, where young Iranians protesting nepotism and opaque hiring at the Lishter refinery project were also met with gunfire. Across two major resource-producing areas, young Iranians are demanding something as basic as work while watching wealth generated around them flow elsewhere. The Islamic Republic’s response to their growing economic desperation is increasingly becoming repression and bullets.
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![State TV has denied that IRGC Brigadier General Ali Azmaei was killed in tonight’s strikes. But such denials are far from definitive. The same state media previously claimed President Raisi’s helicopter had safely landed in Tabriz and that the presidential convoy was returning by land - before his death was later confirmed. Narrative control, contradictory reporting, and disinformation have long been part of how the Islamic Republic manages sensitive military and political crises. [شبنامه]](https://image.24vids.com/tw-2059813369088004565/amplify_video_thumb/2059813140443873286/img/Jgb-H1cHqJINsy3j.jpg)
State TV has denied that IRGC Brigadier General Ali Azmaei was killed in tonight’s strikes. But such denials are far from definitive. The same state media previously claimed President Raisi’s helicopter had safely landed in Tabriz and that the presidential convoy was returning by land - before his death was later confirmed. Narrative control, contradictory reporting, and disinformation have long been part of how the Islamic Republic manages sensitive military and political crises. [شبنامه]
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🚨 A Hezbollah commander’s bombed-out house is filled with stacks of U.S. dollars and gold, while the Islamic Republic drives Iranians into abject poverty. The home belonged to Radwan Force commander Ali Samir al-Hajj Hassan, who was killed in an Israeli strike in southern Lebanon. The footage comes as the dollar has smashed through 200,000 tomans on Iran’s free market for the first time, devastating purchasing power. The Iranian rial is now the weakest currency in the world by nominal exchange rate. For decades, the regime has blamed sanctions for Iran’s economic misery while lavishly spending Iran’s wealth abroad through its proxies, patronage networks and well-connected insiders. Billions have flowed into Hezbollah and other armed terrorist groups as ordinary Iranians have watched their savings and living standards collapse. Stacks of dollars and gold in Lebanon while Iranians are driven into poverty at home. The regime blames sanctions, but its own priorities tell the real story.
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"We knocked the USA to the ground and had our foot on its chest, ready to finish the job. Then suddenly we went to the negotiating table, seeking a deal so that the USA could come and put its foot on our chest." — Nabavian, Member of Parliament This quote gets to the heart of the problem. A large segment of the Islamic Republic's supporters believe they already defeated the USA. They believe the USA failed to stop Iran's nuclear program, failed to force regime change, and failed to break the regime through sanctions and pressure. From that perspective, negotiating with the USA is not a victory. It is surrender. This is why the proposed MOU faces serious internal resistance and why any deal could still collapse. The Islamic Republic is not a normal state driven solely by strategic interests. At its core, it is a revolutionary movement shaped by ideological and often apocalyptic beliefs, with hostility toward the USA embedded in its identity. For many of its most loyal supporters, compromise with the USA is not diplomacy. It is betrayal.
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🚨 IRGC soldiers tasked with guarding the Strait of Hormuz have been caught on video using drugs. The men are reportedly from Kerman, Qassem Soleimani’s hometown, and are seen consuming opium. These are the same forces the Islamic Republic portrays as elite defenders of one of the world’s most strategically important waterways. The Islamic Republic’s proxy network—including Hezbollah—and elements of the IRGC have been repeatedly linked in documented investigations and sanctions to international drug trafficking and money laundering networks. This footage adds to the image of a force that projects military strength while grappling with drug use within its own ranks.
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🚨 Fuel shortages and economic collapse have brought parts of Iran to what citizens are describing as “undeclared martial law.” A citizen in Mashhad reports a growing presence of armed groups and black-clad motorcyclists around Vakilabad Boulevard and Ahmadabad, alongside gatherings focused on hijab enforcement. As economic conditions deteriorate and public anger grows, the Islamic Republic is visibly expanding its deadly and repressive security presence on the streets.
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☠️ Drugs are a critical part of the Islamic Republic's strategy, fueling both its global narcotics trafficking networks and the widespread drug use associated with the IRGC and its proxy groups. Here, an IRGC sniper is seen using drugs before murdering Iranian youths and protestors. Across the Islamic Republic's proxy network, Hezbollah has been linked to Captagon use and trafficking, while khat is widely chewed by the Houthis. Drugs can numb empathy, lower inhibitions, and help normalize extreme violence, making it easier for fighters to commit brutal acts. Beyond the battlefield, narcotics have long been intertwined with the financing, operations, and culture of many of the Islamic Republic's proxy forces.
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🚨 We are now seeing some of the devastating ecological consequences of the Islamic Republic’s deliberate oil dumping in the Persian Gulf. Here, marine animals can be seen dead after exposure to the massive oil contamination. The Shia Republic only brings havoc, destruction, and instability wherever it goes - in Iran and beyond.
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🚨 “South Iran should be sacrificed for South Lebanon.” The Islamic Republic’s state television is now openly propagating the idea that Iran itself is expendable for the regime’s ideological project abroad. Reyhaneh Ghasemizadeh, a presenter on the Islamic Republic’s state broadcaster IRIB, made the extraordinary declaration while attacking opponents of the regime. Few statements capture the regime’s priorities more starkly. This is an anti-Iranian political system that subordinates Iran’s national interests to its ideological project, Shia sectarian networks and armed proxies across the region. For decades, Iranians have watched their country’s wealth diverted to Hezbollah and other Islamic Republic-aligned groups abroad. Now the mentality is being stated openly on state television: Iran itself is expendable for the regime’s regional project.
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🚨 A stark admission by the Central Bank governor that the Islamic Republic is entering an economic death spiral. Abdolnaser Hemmati acknowledged on state television that the simultaneous decline in oil revenues, tax revenues and social security contributions is now affecting every sector of the economy. The problem is compounding. Falling oil income means less hard currency, while declining taxes and social security revenues signal weakness spreading through the domestic economy. The regime is not being squeezed from one direction. Multiple pillars of its economy are deteriorating at the same time.
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🚨 Ghalibaf is openly letting everyone know he is the man in charge. The more he speaks, the more it sounds like we’re witnessing a series of Freudian slips from a man who already sees himself as Iran’s real decision-maker. Listen to how many times he says “I.” Not “the government,” not “the system,” not “we” - just “I.” “I will decide.” At one point he effectively tells others to help formulate policy while he makes the final decisions. For a man who is supposedly just the Speaker of Parliament, he sounds remarkably comfortable speaking as the country’s ultimate authority. This is the same Ghalibaf who has been empowered and legitimized by Trump and his allies through negotiations that have elevated him from a regime insider to a central figure in Iran’s future. The more he talks, the more it appears that Ghalibaf—not the elusive Mojtaba Khamenei or the clerics—is consolidating power behind the scenes. The question is no longer whether there is a power struggle, but whether Ghalibaf has already won it.
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🚨 Iran’s largest commercial port is nearly empty, a devastating sign that the Islamic Republic’s economic arteries are being choked. Shahid Rajaee Port in Bandar Abbas normally handles roughly 70–85% of Iran’s container traffic, with its roads and customs yards packed with trucks moving imports and exports across the country. Now footage shows vast stretches of empty roads and yards with barely any commercial movement. This is not just another struggling business or industry. It is Iran’s primary gateway for consumer goods, industrial inputs, food and other imports that feed directly into the domestic economy. The consequences of prolonged disruption are severe: fewer imports, worsening shortages, higher prices and even greater pressure on an economy already being squeezed from multiple directions. When the country’s largest commercial gateway starts looking like a ghost town, economic isolation is no longer an abstract statistic. It is becoming physically visible.
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🚨 A Shia terrorist from England says he is going to fight for the Islamic Republic. He is from Leeds and openly says he is going to Iran to fight for the IRGC, even brazenly showing his UK passport. This is a serious security concern and he should be barred from re-entering the country, Keir Starmer.
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