{"id":333439,"date":"2025-06-26T21:57:55","date_gmt":"2025-06-26T20:57:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=333439"},"modified":"2025-07-01T20:28:38","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T19:28:38","slug":"irans-regime-scrambles-to-mask-defeat-control-fallout-after-ceasefire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/irans-regime-scrambles-to-mask-defeat-control-fallout-after-ceasefire\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran\u2019s Regime Scrambles to Mask Defeat, Control Fallout After Ceasefire"},"content":{"rendered":"
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On June 26, 2025, Iranian state media reported the arrest of alleged Israeli spies in Isfahan, central Iran<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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In the wake of a fragile ceasefire with Israel following a destructive 12-day war, the Iranian regime has launched a full-scale effort to project strength and suppress internal cracks\u2014political, military, and societal\u2014that threaten to widen. The regime\u2019s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and other top officials have flooded the airwaves with triumphant rhetoric, while insiders warn of strategic failure, and the security apparatus intensifies repression to prevent a collapse in morale.<\/p>\n

Khamenei\u2019s Bluster and the War Narrative<\/h2>\n

In his first public remarks after the ceasefire, Khamenei sought to portray the conflict as a historic victory. \u201cThe Zionist regime, with all its noise and claims, was practically crushed under the blows of the Islamic Republic,\u201d he declared<\/a>, adding: \u201cThis regime had never imagined such blows were even possible.\u201d He boasted that his regime had dealt a \u201chard slap to the face of America\u201d by striking the U.S. Al Udeid base in Qatar\u2014a strike which U.S. President Trump later revealed was pre-announced and deconflicted, with no casualties.<\/p>\n

Khamenei dismissed the notion of Iran capitulating to U.S. demands. \u201cIt is no longer about nuclear enrichment or nuclear industry. The issue is that Iran must surrender,\u201d he said, before scoffing: \u201cThis talk is far too big for the mouth of the American president.\u201d He framed any suggestion of de-escalation as weakness, warning that Iran has the capability to strike again if needed.<\/p>\n

This aggressive posture, however, belies deep fractures inside the regime\u2014and mounting evidence of a costly and avoidable war that has left the population disillusioned and the security forces shaken.<\/p>\n

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#Iran<\/a>\u2019s Regime Responds to Military Losses with Repression and Belligerencehttps:\/\/t.co\/xZNoIoYUWi<\/a><\/p>\n

— NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) June 25, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n