Parallel to this effort, President Masoud Pezeshkian introduced a “neighborhood-based management” strategy, effectively mobilizing the Basij paramilitary force to tighten internal control. While he framed it as a way to boost “community resilience” its real goal appears to be reinforcing state security in anticipation of social unrest.
In late April, the Ministry of Education signed an agreement with security forces to formalize the deployment of law enforcement officers in schools.
Around the same time, the judiciary announced that nearly 90,000 people — many of them students — had been arrested during the 2022 protests.
A Nation on the Brink
On the night of June 2, 2025, a Resistance Unit in Tehranpars carried out a bold protest in full public view, chanting slogans like “Free the imprisoned truck driver” and “Death to the dictator.”
This brave defiance underscored the growing determination of Resistance Units across the country to confront the regime.
Even Evin Prison — infamous as a symbol of oppression — was not immune.
In May, political prisoners there, staged protests, shouting slogans against Khamenei, while their families demonstrated outside the prison demanding an end to executions.
These actions reflect a broader resistance movement that, over the past year, has included repeated protests and strikes by workers, teachers, nurses, and retirees.
Currently, a massive truckers’ strike lasted over two weeks in 155 cities!
The regime is increasingly surrounded by public anger.
On March 31, Khamenei himself admitted in a speech that the greatest threat to his regime did not come from the U.S. or Israel, but from domestic uprisings — and he vowed to take measures in response.
Negotiation or Just More Stalling?
From June 9 to 13, 2025, the International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) Board of Governors will convene to discuss Iran’s violations of its nuclear safeguard obligations. France, Germany, the U.K., and the U.S. are backing a resolution that would formally condemn Tehran for non-compliance.
IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi has warned that while Iran has not yet developed a nuclear weapon, it now possesses enough material to make one.
For over three decades, Tehran has used negotiations as a delaying tactic, all while advancing its nuclear infrastructure.
The cost of this program is now estimated at around $2 trillion.
To stop Iran from building a bomb, the snapback mechanism must be activated, reinstating U.N. sanctions.
The dismantling of enrichment and nuclear facilities must follow.
The Only Real Way to Neutralize the Nuclear Threat
A regime that has exported war, terrorism, and repression for over four decades must not be allowed to deceive the international community yet again.
Referring Iran’s case to the U.N. Security Council is a necessary step to defend global peace and stability.
Still, the most sustainable — and least costly — solution is regime change by the Iranian people themselves, through organized resistance.
Making the voice of the Resistance Units who stand against the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) heard offers the best hope for restoring peace to the region and building a democratic future for Iran.
Hamid Enayat is based in Paris and is a noted expert on Iran. He has written extensively on issues pertinent to Iran and the Mideast region. Read Dr. Hamid Enyat’s Reports — More Here.
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