Iran’s Regime Used Foreign Mercenaries to Suppress 2026 Protests

The nationwide uprising of January 2026, with its unprecedented geographic spread and structure-breaking slogans, placed the entire Iranian regime in the face of an existential challenge and a “survival situation.” The intensity of this popular uprising was such that it eroded and weakened the regime’s traditional apparatus of repression. Credible field reports and strategic analyses […] The post Iran’s Regime Used Foreign Mercenaries to Suppress 2026 Protests appeared first on Iran Focus.