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For Iran's mullahs, 2026 is starting to look like 1979 in reverse
American Thinker ^ | 01/01/2026 | Monica Showalter

Posted on 01/01/2026 4:30:45 PM PST by SeekAndFind

For Iran's ruling mullahs, it's not a happy new year.

The news keeps getting worse and worse for them. Street protests across the country calling for their demise are going into their fifth day now, and in Tehran, 10 universities full of students have joined the street bazaar protests, which show no signs of letting up.

The kids are chasing the mullahs through the streets, robes flying. The mullahs are reportedly taking off their robes now to not draw attention to themselves and putting street clothes on.

BREAKING:

Reports that mullahs are taking off their robes and turbans, changing into civilian clothes and fleeing major cities.

Cowards.Β pic.twitter.com/pcsx05Ivdy β€” 𝐍𝐒𝐨𝐑 𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐠 β™› ✑︎ (@NiohBerg)Β January 1, 2026

The Iranian goons of its Revolutionary Guard are reportedly defecting. There's an unconfirmed report that the big mullah, Ali Khameini, has fled the country. Arab mercenaries have been called in and told to shoot protestors.

πŸ”΄ Legendary footage from Iran today:

Islamic regime terrorists are running for their lives with Iranian patriots chasing after them.

Watch how weak and cowardly these basijis become when they're not fighting defenceless teenage girls.

πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯Β pic.twitter.com/37WIMTDQfQ β€” 𝐍𝐒𝐨𝐑 𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐠 β™› ✑︎ (@NiohBerg)Β January 1, 2026

🚨 BREAKING: IRGC Forces Flee Iranian Cities - Khamenei Leaves Tehran

WATCH:Β https://t.co/gpPpAnzmNrΒ pic.twitter.com/sgSyR4iAjI β€” Tousi TV (@TousiTVOfficial)Β January 1, 2026

BREAKING: Islamic Republic forces are retreating, as more Iranians flood the streets of Iran.Β pic.twitter.com/onZVnSNEbj

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β€” Eyal Yakoby (@EYakoby)Β January 1, 2026

This comes against a backdrop of currency devaluation, which ignited the protests, and a general popular loathing for the regime.

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Iran; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: iran; mullahs; protests

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1 posted on 01/01/2026 4:30:45 PM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

MAP OF THE FALL: Protests are accelerating! πŸ‘‡
πŸ“ Tehran
πŸ“ Hamadan
πŸ“ Qeshm
πŸ“ Karaj
πŸ“ Malard
πŸ“ Abbasabad
πŸ“ Shiraz
πŸ“ Kermanshah
πŸ“ Kerman
πŸ“ Isfahan
πŸ“ Ahvaz
πŸ“ Yazd
πŸ“ Vanak
πŸ“ Mashhad
πŸ“ Arak
πŸ“ Kuhdasht
πŸ“ Zahedan
πŸ“ Urmia
πŸ“ Yasuj
πŸ“ Rasht
πŸ“ Khorramabad#IRANRevolutionΒ pic.twitter.com/iSJ8LGmOUp β€” daniel hanukaπŸ“ŸβœŒοΈ (@LionsOfZion_ORG)Β December 31, 2025


2 posted on 01/01/2026 4:31:25 PM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

That’s a shame.


3 posted on 01/01/2026 4:32:51 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (I have nro answers. Only questions.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Yes, Tousi TV on YouTube is what I follow for reasonably accurate news on what is happening in Iran. For some reason a lot of news from there is NOT covered by mainstream American media.


4 posted on 01/01/2026 4:34:20 PM PST by House Atreides (I’m now ULTRA-MAGA-PRO-MAX)
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To: SeekAndFind

My fervent prayers are with the Iranian people against this brutal regime.


5 posted on 01/01/2026 4:34:24 PM PST by Blennos (This is the official Blennos tagline. Thanks to Big Red Badger. )
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To: SeekAndFind

Will the mullahs move to the UK or France or both ? LOL


6 posted on 01/01/2026 4:36:27 PM PST by butlerweave (Fateh)
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To: SeekAndFind
If the regime of the mullahs is overthrown by the people, Iran will become the first nation in history to abjure Islam. This will be the biggest shockwave to hit that religion since the defeat of the Turks at the Gates of Vienna in 1683.

(Yes, Ataturk did much the same in Turkey in 1922, but Islam was not ascending then as it is today.)

7 posted on 01/01/2026 4:37:04 PM PST by Publius
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To: House Atreides

“For some reason a lot of news from there is NOT covered by mainstream American media.”

Not a surprise, most of the MSM and at least a few feminists supported the revolution and the overthrow of the Shah.


8 posted on 01/01/2026 4:38:19 PM PST by Maine Mariner
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To: butlerweave
Ruhollah Khomeini's life in exile

France.

9 posted on 01/01/2026 4:41:54 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
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To: SeekAndFind

Glad this news has made it to American Thinker. E.D. Hill just mentioned the Iran situation on Newsmax in connection with a story about Venezuela, with big print headlines about the Iranian protests, and Tony Shaffer saying the end of the regime would be the best outcome. That’s 98 % more coverage than I’ve seen even on Newsmax this week.


10 posted on 01/01/2026 4:42:38 PM PST by NorthernDancer (β€œThere are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.”)
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To: SeekAndFind

Been watching a lot of TousiTV today. Tomorrow is expected to be quite violent.


11 posted on 01/01/2026 4:59:35 PM PST by sauropod
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To: SeekAndFind

*bump*


12 posted on 01/01/2026 5:05:30 PM PST by Yardstick
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To: butlerweave

Good question.


13 posted on 01/01/2026 5:21:02 PM PST by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: SeekAndFind

Iran is a beautiful place with a lot of beautiful women, they deserve to be saved.


14 posted on 01/01/2026 5:28:06 PM PST by wjcsux (On 3/14/1883 Karl Marx gave humanity his best gift, he died. )
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To: sauropod

When the mullahs and their minions are held to account for their crimes against the Iranian people there will no doubt be liberal whiners who will call retribution unjust and bleat for “mercy”.


15 posted on 01/01/2026 5:30:41 PM PST by tet68 ("We would not die in that man's company that fears his fellowship to die with us." Henry V.)
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To: SeekAndFind

FAFO. They took on Israel and lost. Now they pay the ultimate price, as is the case for most governments that lose.


16 posted on 01/01/2026 5:53:14 PM PST by KingofZion
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To: tet68

You got that right!


17 posted on 01/01/2026 7:04:45 PM PST by sauropod
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To: SeekAndFind

PAGA! Persians Are Great Again


18 posted on 01/01/2026 7:39:52 PM PST by sturmde
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