‘Rivers of Blood’: Hundreds of IRGC Officers Defect as Iran’s Regime Cracks
Western intelligence agencies report visible cracks in Iran’s security forces. According to reports from major Iranian cities, several hundred officers have defected from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and its volunteer militia, the Basij.
Any information about the events in Iran is intermittent because of the internet blackout that has been in place since January 8. Iran experts consider this blackout to be the country’s most severe ever.
Actions by the regime have now reportedly escalated to the point of security services hunting down and then confiscating Starlink terminals and other communications hardware. A message by one demonstrator from Fardis, in Alborz Province, made its way into the hands of the National Union for Democracy in Iran. It describes the degree to which ordinary Iranians are cut off from the outside world.
“Today, with great difficulty, after almost two weeks, I managed to connect to my landline internet,” the message reads. “Mobile internet is still cut off. I can only send text messages. It is absolutely impossible to send audio or video.
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