{"id":334372,"date":"2025-07-18T15:54:14","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T14:54:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=334372"},"modified":"2025-07-18T15:54:14","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T14:54:14","slug":"how-the-iranian-regimes-fear-of-the-uprising-and-pmoi-signals-its-imminent-downfall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-protests\/how-the-iranian-regimes-fear-of-the-uprising-and-pmoi-signals-its-imminent-downfall\/","title":{"rendered":"How the Iranian Regime\u2019s Fear of the Uprising and PMOI Signals Its Imminent Downfall"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Protesters clash with security forces in the streets of Iran during the 2022 uprising against the clerical dictatorship<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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A regime’s true state is not measured by its public boasts, but by the panic in its leaders’ voices. In recent weeks, a remarkable chorus<\/a> of admissions and threats has emerged from the highest levels of Iran’s clerical, judicial, and security apparatus. These statements, directed at both internal and external audiences, reveal a theocracy consumed by a paralyzing fear of the Iranian people and their organized Resistance.<\/p>\n

Far from being a show of strength, the regime\u2019s frantic efforts\u2014from public confessions and frantic propaganda to calls for accelerated executions\u2014are the desperate actions of a system that sees its own collapse on the horizon.<\/p>\n

An Open Confession of a Failing Strategy<\/h2>\n

The most startling evidence of the regime\u2019s fear comes from its own insiders, who are now publicly articulating the mechanics of their potential downfall. On July 17, 2025, Reza Taghavi, the former head of the Friday Prayer Policymaking Council for Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, laid bare the regime\u2019s anxieties. He described<\/a> the opposition’s strategy with chilling clarity: “They had calculated that by attacking the personalities, the system would be weakened\u2026 in the next stage, the Mojahedin\u2019s influence cells and villains would take the field, and then the dissatisfied people would topple the system.”<\/p>\n

This is not a mere accusation; it is an open admission from a senior cleric that the regime sees the Resistance\u2019s strategy as a viable and progressing threat. He confirms that the exposure of corrupt officials directly weakens the regime’s foundations, creating an opening for organized “influence cells” to mobilize a populace already primed by discontent.<\/p>\n

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#Tehran<\/a>\u2019s War Fallout Exposes a Cornered Regime Gripped by Fear, Crackdown, and Global Isolationhttps:\/\/t.co\/tE9tEIP6H5<\/a><\/p>\n

— NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) July 1, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n