IRAN: Is Trying To Stir Up Trouble Abroad… But Have Enough Of Their Own Back At Home

Between the holidays and the endless news cycle here at home, it’s easy to forget there’s a big world out there… and Iran is once again finding themselves right smack in the middle of it.

The past year has been a pretty significant setback on Iran’s greater ambitions. Not just because their proxies keep having their leadership teams put on ice, and their munitions stockpiles blown sky-high, but because Trump put the cherry on top by eliminating the nuclear Sword of Damacles Iran liked to hold over everyone’s head.

When the 12 Day War ended, most of us turned our attention away from Iran to other matters… shutdown, deficit, drug boats from Venezuela, the Seditious Six, 2 National Guard getting murdered by a jihadi, the murder of Charlie Kirk, and most recently, the Child Care fraud in Minnesota and elsewhere — there’s been a lot to occupy our attention of late. Iran kind of faded into the background.

But just because we weren’t thinking about them, doesn’t mean they weren’t thinking about us. Especially now that some of their proxies (Hamas among them) have been formally recognized as terror groups, and the list of Muslim Brotherhood-affiliated groups on that list is growing, as is the list of countries sharing that view.

Iran has been talking tough in return. Pronouncing that (try not to laugh) the Canadian Navy is a ‘terrorist’ org. Long gone are the days when Canada had the world’s 4th largest navy. There’s been talk about Iranian sleeper agents taking a more active role in looking for opportunities to assassinate US officials and targets… up to the President himself if they could manage it.

Trump, for his part has made it clear that hitting the nuclear program again, if it’s required, or even the Ballistic Missile operations are still live options for him to consider.

But maybe they should be more worried about situations closer to home. Like a population that is sick and tired of the regime.

As we’ve reported, Mosque attendance under a tyrannical Islamist regime has (shocker, I know!) fallen off a cliff. Mosques are closing. Other options — in particular, the Christian faith — are rushing in to fill that void. Persians are not the same as Arabs. They have a long and rich history, going back to Babylon and beyond. They don’t appreciate being under the thumb of others, and the citizens are tired of being harrassed, arrested, imprisoned, and ‘dissappeared’ for ‘cirmes’ as trivial as wearing their hair loose.

Despite many provinces being on an official shutdown due to cold weather and energy constraints, protesters gathered in the cities of Tehran, Isfahan, Kermanshah, and Mashhad. Security forces were seen deploying covert units near protest sites in Mashhad, while videos from within Iran showed police and security officials positioning water cannons against demonstrators in Tehran.

Protests began after the bazaaris (merchant class) closed their shops on Sunday and took to the streets to protest the country’s dire financial situation. The market value of $1 reached 1.4 million rials, when its official value is 42,000 rials. —JPost

If the unrest continues on New Years Day, that would mark Day 5.

Some examples of the IranRevolution hashtag:

🚨BREAKING🇮🇷🚨: Entire cities in Iran are flooding with people opposing the Islamic Republic’s regime.

Khamenei’s grip on power is collapsing.
Iran is in a new Revelation .#iranRevolutionpic.twitter.com/8Ll7mALmtD

— FTino (@FernadoTin10172) December 29, 2025

With such a difference in language and culture between us and them, we don’t claim to to have a complete sense of what’s going on there. Only that SOMETHING is going on there… something the regime has tried very hard to keep a lid on for years now.

An image of courage. An image marking the beginning of the end of the Islamic Republic.#Iran #Tehran #iranRevolution pic.twitter.com/OD3XRn0mMb

— kati (@Kati092711) December 29, 2025

Their totalitarian iron grip seems not as tight as it usually is… at least for the moment. And Persians are taking a chance in pushing back against their… what’s the right word here… captors?

BREAKING🚨🇮🇷The anti-regime protesters in the city of Hamedan in Iran are still in control of the streets three nights into the country-wide mass protests.

They are chanting “Fu*k Khamenei”
Iranian Wants a Revolution in the country !!#Iran #iranRevolution #IranProtest pic.twitter.com/Q6zPhM08Tx

— FTino (@FernadoTin10172) December 31, 2025

If you aren’t following what’s been happening in Iran you don’t understand this. But these girls are incredibly brave. https://t.co/1ffOuTqzgn

— Kari Lake (@KariLake) January 1, 2026

They have had such opportunities before. But they haven’t gotten much support from the West.

Remember that Arab Spring that threw North African and Middle Eastern countries into chaos? Obama seemed to encourage these ‘populist’ uprisings. Except for one. Do you remember how he threw cold water on the one in Iran?

Weird, a little bit.

Will the West have their back this time?

With Iran in a weakened state, a worthless currency and much of the country closed down, the better question might be… will Persians be able to throw off their chains even if the West doesn’t step in to help?

Iranians tear down the flag of the Islamic Republic.

FREEDOM IS NEAR. pic.twitter.com/P0CeGD00to

— Hananya Naftali (@HananyaNaftali) December 31, 2025