After the 12-day war with Israel- who threatened to open the gates of hell in the Middle East and drag humanity into a global conflict- its theocratic leaders Iran And the security forces came out of their refuge and launched a new campaign this time against their own people, targeting supposed spies, dissidents and opposition personalities.
Throughout Iran, checkpoints have been created, as authorities are pursuing hunting those who suspect that they have helped Israel’s attacks on the country’s nuclear facilities, Wall Street Journal writes in an extensive tribute.
With the smell of explosives covering the capital, police and intelligence services have already arrested hundreds of people and are arrested more and more every day. Armed paramilitary patriots on the streets – Stop citizens even on the road and dust off cars, phones and computers. Icing? The government has announced the execution of at least six men.
“The situation for the Iranian people is more dangerous now than before the war,” Nargas Mohamadi, Iranian human rights activist, Nobel -awarded, told WSJ, who is one of the most well -known opposition personalities in the country. He said that the regime would do whatever it takes to consolidate his power and take harsh repressive actions.
According to international amnesty, More than 1,000 people have been arrested in the last two weeks as suspected Israeli accomplices.
Today, Saturday (28.06.2025), senior officials gave Parvn to funerals of those killed in the war, including leading military leaders and nuclear scientists, in a move that is a demonstration of power. Among those who appeared publicly was President Massoud Pedeschian, Foreign Minister Abbas Aragi and Esmil Kani, leader of the QuDs Elite of the Corps of the Islamic Revolution, who had been reported to have been killed earlier.
Thousands of protesters gathered in Tehran holding flags and banners in support of the Islamic Republic, while smaller groups gathered in other cities. Public transport was operating free of charge in the capital, where subway stations were filled with people going to the procession. Some were shouting “death in Israel”, according to a video uploaded by the state -run broadcasting body Irib.
Morale
The Shiite Islamic regime has also intensified its efforts to impose strict rules that govern what it considers appropriate behavior and costume.
‘Moral Police have returned“, Said a 44 -year -old woman who said she had left Tehran during the war. “The police stopped us and interrogated us, because the socks of the woman who were with me were very transparent.”
Israeli and US air raids marked the first time that Iran had been constantly attacked by the eight -year war with Iraq in the 1980s. The capital, Tehran, emerged in a main war zone and the revolutionary guard was found.
Hameni in a shelter
Throughout the attacks, Supreme Leader Ali Hameni was in a shelter outside Tehran, Inaccessible to everyone except his closest allies, according to an Arab official informed of the issue and a revolutionary guard’s adviser. Its isolation complicit talks in Geneva with European countries seeking to mediate the end of war, according to Arab officials.
On Thursday, he spoke to the nation for the first time since June 19, trying to downplay the damage from the attack and to rally the nation around the Iranian flag.
“The Islamic Republic has won and, in return, brought about a harsh blow to America,” he said in a short voice.
Attacks showed how deeply the Israeli Mosad secret service had penetrated in Iran. They put in secret explosive drones and other ammunition in Iran, where they were used by groups of agents to neutralize air defense and kill high profile targets.
“The Israelis organized penetrations, bombs and explosive transfers and recruited people from the interior,” said Mohammad Amin-Necad, Iran’s ambassador to France, on the French television channel France 24 last week. This happened “in front of our eyes. There were vulnerabilities. “
Despite the serious blow to security, the regime has endured.
“There was no turning point, the leadership survived and the system proved that it was not built for popularity but for survival,” said Narges Bajoghli, a professor at the Johns Hopkins School of International Studies.
The new generation of revolution guards and paramilitary executives coming forward is even more hardened. The “next day” looks even more authoritarian and unpredictable.