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The protests in Iran, day 31: The mullahs’ fall will be as momentous as the Berlin Wall’s collapse.

By: Arnt Jensvoll   28. January 2026, 07:00

The collapse of the Islamic Republic would be the biggest geopolitical event since the end of the Cold War. For Trump, it would be a moment on par with the demise of ideological enemy the Soviet Union. An Iran free of the mullah regime would fundamentally reshape the Middle East.

On the 31st day of the uprising, tensions around Iran remain high. This is mainly linked to the regime’s continued brutal suppression of mass protests – and US military threats.

Trump’s armada has reached Iran

An explosion was reported early in the day at around 5am local time. Several news outlets claimed it happened at the sensitive Parchin facility near Tehran that has long been suspected of nuclear weapons-related research.

Some X accounts claim that the explosion has been confirmed by the IRGC’s Quds Force, but these appear to be rumours – official Iranian sources have explained the blasts as routine tests at the military complex.

The USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier and the presence of its forces in the region has heightened the rhetoric. Donald Trump stated that an “armada” was moving towards Iran, which Iran dismissed as “not affecting” their defence capabilities. The IRGC claims that it monitors the US and Israel closely and that any threat will trigger an appropriate response. US military buildups are, according to the Islamic regime, “potential targets”.

There are still reports of rioting and deadly repression of the massive protest movement. Wikipedia estimates up to 36,500 people killed. The internet shutdown and communication restrictions make any verification difficult.

Quds Force commander Esmail Qaani has been reported missing after being suspected of stealing $700 million.

Trump: Faced with a massive armada, Iran wants a deal

Trump says Tehran has repeatedly called to try to make a deal after he dispatched what he calls “a massive armada”.

Iran is willing to talk, but has shown no signs of accepting the terms.

– Trump called on the Islamic Republic of Iran to respond to his proposed deal demanding surrender. The IRGC has rejected the proposal.

– Many of you still don’t believe me when I say Trump will attack the IRGC. But the US has deployed more troops in the Middle East than during the Gulf and Iraq wars combined. There has been an unprecedented build-up of air power in Jordan. Do you think Trump is saying that help is on the way without doing anything? A lot of work has gone into the preparations to ensure that the strike is swift and decisive – with no troops on the ground, no protracted war, that the regional powers are aligned, and that the IRGC doesn’t end up using chemical weapons to kill more innocent Iranians. I know the wait is painful, but 47 years cannot be reversed without thorough preparation. The regime will fall soon. I am one hundred per cent certain.

– Erdogan is preparing for the fall of the Iranian regime: The Turks are considering creating a buffer zone on the border with Iran to prevent a wave of migrants if the regime falls. Amir Tsarfati on Telegram

– When the regime falls, huge numbers of Iranians will flow into Iran, not out.

– The silence of Barack Obama, Kamala Harris and Nancy Pelosi on the massacre in Iran is no accident.

Why? Iran’s revolution is nationalist and secular. It is “Iran first”, it is anti-radical Islamism, anti-theocracy. It is in direct conflict with globalist ideology that distrusts nationalism and strong nation states.

It reveals the failure of political Islam. Supporting the Iranians would mean admitting that decades of Western involvement in “Islamic movements” have strengthened a brutal regime. It’s a political and moral failure they don’t want to take responsibility for.

It doesn’t fit into identity politics. Iranian protesters do not adorn themselves with Western progressive slogans. They demand sovereignty, culture and secularism. That makes progressive liberals uncomfortable.

Silence protects past policies. Speaking out would reopen questions about nuclear deals, appeasement and legitimising a regime that massacres its own people.

The Iranian revolution threatens both Islamist narratives and globalist control. That’s why the globalist left looks away.

As extracted from the Hamas playbook…

– In preparation for a possible US attack, the regime has moved its IRGC forces from official bases to schools. They are doing so for propaganda purposes to maximise civilian casualties (especially children).

– Imam Ali High School in Arak, Iran – and then they’ll claim the US attacked schools…

– Iranians are exposing Muslim Nazis responsible for killing innocent, unarmed Iranians – and I fully support it.

– After being suspected of stealing $700 million, Quds Force commander Esmail Qaani disappeared. He requested a meeting with Khamenei, but was refused and has since disappeared.

Tousi TV claims that the regime will collapse from within.

– This is Khamenei in 1974. The Shah’s SAVAK arrested him along with many of his Islamic socialist terrorist friends; those who today run the regime and have just massacred tens of thousands of Iranians. Jimmy Carter threatened the Shah with sanctions to get them released.

Strong diet

– Iran International has made a documentary from the Kahrizak morgue in Tehran. It contains evidence of genocide and documents that the regime has dumped thousands of murdered Iranians here. Remember, this is just one place in one city.

https://twitter.com/NiohBerg/status/2016140943179567580?s=20

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Where do the bodies of Iranian women go?

– Many women have disappeared. Testimonies describe female prisoners who have been raped, mutilated and killed – some have had their wombs surgically removed. Families searching for their loved ones report bodies with severe internal injuries, torn ears, peeled hair, cigarette burns and stab wounds – some are buried at night to erase evidence. These are not isolated atrocities. They are systematic crimes.

– This is the price of fighting the Islamic Republic. An Iranian freedom activist living in hiding in the UK receives death threats from Islamists linked to the regime and cannot reveal his address, even to friends. This is what the regime is exporting to Europe.

– For Iranians who survived the massacre, life will never be the same. The Islamic Republic has not only slaughtered tens of thousands of people and torn them away from their families and communities – it has also destroyed the lives of those who survived.

This was a working father. A breadwinner. He is now blinded by shotgun pellets. Here we see him with his child. He is yet another victim of the regime’s brutality, condemned to lifelong consequences for himself and his family.

– Zahra Fazeli had a PhD in business management and spoke five languages fluently. She had MS and needed a cane to walk, which meant she couldn’t run when the regime’s thugs started firing live ammunition into the crowd in Bushehr.

A bullet in the side. And then an execution shot.

Warning: Very unpleasant content involving a toddler

– In Esfahan on 8 January, a mother and father left their three-year-old child alone to come to the aid of a wounded protester lying in front of their home. Islamic terrorists opened fire on the couple, taking their bodies with them. After almost two weeks, they were identified by relatives. They rushed to the family home where they found the child’s lifeless body. The three-year-old child had died of thirst and neglect.

They are both killed by the regime.

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