Is the Iranian Regime Cracking? Police, Soldiers, and Even IRGC Members Not Showing Up to Work
David Strom 2:00 PM | March 05, 2026
Is this report real, or Israeli disinformation to create a cascade of defections from the regime's coercive apparatus?
At this point, it is hard to say, but the reports that police, soldiers, and IRGC thugs are opting out of risking their lives to protect a regime that is in deep trouble and getting killed at an astonishing rate are certainly plausible.
As Ed would say, "too good to check." I suspect that there is at least SOMETHING to these reports.
There are signs that Iranian soldiers, police officers and members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps are failing to report for duty as the war intensifies, The Economist reported, citing Israeli intelligence sources.
“Most importantly, perhaps, Israeli intelligence sources suggest that there are signs of Iranian soldiers, police officers and IRGC members failing to show up for duty,” the magazine said.
It cautioned, however, that “military attrition, however overwhelming and effective, by no means guarantees the regime’s demise,” describing regime collapse as Israel’s key war aim and one of President Donald Trump’s shifting goals.
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