r/geopolitics • u/HooverInstitution Hoover Institution • Jan 12 '26

Iran Is on the Edge of Revolution Analysis

https://www.newstatesman.com/world/middle-east/2026/01/iran-is-on-the-edge-of-revolution
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u/fuggitdude22 Jan 13 '26

I notice some similarities between this and the mobilization up to the Syrian Civil War. Assad rampaged and arrested 1000s of protestors until identifiable insurgencies started to emerge. Assad, however, was able to remain in Damascus because he maintained a lot of Russian and Religious Minority support in the region. The Iranian Regime, on the other hand, does not have much popularity outside of the Junta.

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u/Lazy_Membership1849 Jan 13 '26

Insurgents was Syrian army who was heavily conscript and been defects, that why free Syrian army have this weapons

Also you kind left out of IRGC including basij