Iran regime said to unleash Hezbollah and Iraqi militias as uprising spreads
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As protests rock Iran for a 12th day, the regime reportedly deploys hundreds of Hezbollah and allied foreign fighters, signaling a major escalation to suppress domestic unrest.
Efrat Lachter is an investigative reporter and war correspondent. Her work has taken her to 40 countries, including Ukraine, Russia, Iraq, Syria, Sudan and Afghanistan. She is a recipient of the 2024 Knight-Wallace Fellowship for Journalism. Lachter can be followed on X @efratlachter.
"This is nothing new for the regime. It is the logical extension of a playbook the ruling clerics have used since 1979 to outsource repression to ideologically loyal militias and then integrate them into the state’s coercive infrastructure," Iran expert Lisa Daftari told Fox News Digital.
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