Expanding anti regime protests across Iran are killing civilians, exposing regime weakness, and raising the risk of escalation after Trump warned the US could intervene.

Iran’s collapsing currency has triggered nationwide protests that are intensifying pressure on an already weakened regime facing economic crisis, sanctions, and post war legitimacy loss.

Khamenei’s late November and mid-December speeches deny any outreach to Washington, cast recent conflicts as failed US-Israeli aggression, and redefine the main threat to Iran as a Western-led media and identity war rather than direct military attack.

Khamenei used his Basij Week address to cast Iran as the winner of the 12-Day War, portray the U.S. as globally reviled for its interventions, and link Iran’s Basij model to growing international support for resistance movements.

A Quds Force plot to assassinate Israel’s ambassador to Mexico was disrupted through U.S.-Israeli cooperation, reflecting Iran’s widening overseas targeting strategy and growing activity in Latin America.

Tehran faces catastrophic water shortages, with reservoirs nearly empty and food inflation worsening social and economic instability.