Iran Runs Coordinated Crackdown on Protesters at Home and Abroad

🔒 TEHRAN — Wartime repression abroad signals regime fear, not confidence. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: A crackdown spanning judiciary, IRGC intelligence, and state media — extended to diaspora — reveals a regime more afraid of internal collapse than external strikes. With toman at 268,000/dollar and fuel shortages acute, protest conditions are structural. Transnational operations also risk blowback: diaspora arrests generate Western sanctions triggers and intelligence exposure at the worst possible moment.