Is the Iranian Regime Cracking? Police, Soldiers, and Even IRGC Members Not Showing Up to Work
Is this report real, or Israeli disinformation to create a cascade of defections from the regime’s coercive apparatus?
At this point, it is hard to say, but the reports that police, soldiers, and IRGC thugs are opting out of risking their lives to protect a regime that is in deep trouble and getting killed at an astonishing rate are certainly plausible.
The Iranian regime’s ability to impact U.S. forces and regional partners is rapidly declining, while American combat power continues to build. pic.twitter.com/21TXHbWwFi
— U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) March 5, 2026
In a historic first, long-range Precision Strike Missiles (PrSMs) were used in combat during Operation Epic Fury, providing an unrivaled deep strike capability.
“I just could not be prouder of our men and women in uniform leveraging innovation to create dilemmas for the enemy.”… pic.twitter.com/bydvIv5Tn5
— U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) March 4, 2026
Who are the Kurds and why does Trump want them to join the war on Iran?
The Kurds are one of the biggest ethnic groups in the world without their own nation. Numbering between 30 and 40 million worldwide, most live amid the peaks and valleys straddling the borders of Armenia, Iraq, Iran, Syria and Turkey.
New wave of Iranian migrants swap war at home for Calais Jungle
In a corner of the Jungle, the sprawling migrant settlement in northern France, a row of tents sit behind a moat of black mud and plastic waste. This pocket of the camp, known to its inhabitants as Eastern Kurdistan, has become a base for newly arrived Iranians awaiting their turn to be smuggled to Britain.
