Iran-First Slogans Emerge Against Globalist Regime

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As Iran’s hardline regime fires live rounds into crowds from Tehran to Zahedan, ordinary Iranians are risking everything to reject globalist intervention.

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Nationwide Iranian protests that began over soaring prices have exploded into an open revolt against the Islamic Republic’s rule.
Security forces and allied militias are accused of using live ammunition, killing at least dozens and arresting roughly 1,000 people.
Protesters reject both Western meddling and Tehran’s own foreign adventures, demanding that resources stay in Iran, not Gaza or Lebanon.
The regime is reportedly importing Iraqi Shia militias to crush dissent, exposing its fear of its own citizens.

From Bazaar Anger to a Nationwide Anti-Regime Uprising

On December 28, 2025, frustration in Tehran’s historic Grand Bazaar finally boiled over as merchants and workers walked out over crushing inflation, collapsing currency, and years of economic mismanagement. Within days, those pocketbook protests spread far beyond prices and wages, reaching cities like Isfahan, Shiraz, Mashhad, Qom, Karaj, Kermanshah, and Zahedan. What began as a revolt over livelihoods quickly turned into an unmistakable political uprising demanding freedom, justice, and an end to clerical rule.

By early January, reports from rights groups and opposition outlets described demonstrations in more than one hundred cities and nearly three hundred fifty distinct protest sites, including at least forty-five universities. Funerals for slain protesters in places like Fuladshahr, Kuhdasht, and Marvdasht became fresh flashpoints as mourners chanted against Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. The geographic spread and cross-class turnout—from bazaaris to students and factory workers—show a movement broader than any isolated flash of unrest.

Regime Firepower, Foreign Militias, and a People Under Siege

Iran’s rulers have responded with the tool kit Americans now expect from authoritarian regimes: tear gas, mass arrests, and increasing use of live ammunition against unarmed crowds. Security forces, including the police, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, and Basij paramilitaries, have all been deployed. Rights monitors say at least a couple dozen protesters, including minors, have been killed and about one thousand detained since the unrest began, though opposition sources list even higher death tolls as verification remains difficult under tight information control.

As pressure mounted, reports emerged that around eight hundred Iraqi Shia militia members had crossed into Iran to help suppress dissent—foreign fighters apparently backing up a regime that no longer trusts parts of its own security apparatus.

“Neither Gaza nor Lebanon”: Iran-First Slogans Against a Globalist Regime

Chants echoing across Iranian streets cut against the regime’s favorite narrative that unrest is orchestrated by the West. Protesters shout, “Neither Gaza nor Lebanon, my life for Iran,” rejecting the billions Tehran pours into proxy wars while its own people struggle to buy food. Those slogans are not a love letter to Washington or Brussels; they are an Iran-first repudiation of a globalist foreign policy that sacrifices national prosperity to ideological crusades abroad.

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Decades of Broken Promises and a Security State Losing Its Grip

This latest wave stands on the shoulders of earlier crackdowns: the 1999 student protests, the 2009 Green Movement, the 2017–2019 economic unrest, and the 2022 Mahsa Amini demonstrations. Each time, the Islamic Republic answered calls for reform with batons, bullets, prison cells, and internet blackouts. Yet each time, respect for the system eroded further, particularly among young people who see no path to dignity under a theocratic security state that polices speech, faith, and even clothing. Now, protests that began over food prices have evolved into explicit cries for regime change, with slogans directly targeting Khamenei and the entire structure of clerical rule.

Why This Matters for Americans Who Care About Freedom

For American conservatives, Iran’s turmoil is not just another distant crisis. It is a real-time illustration of what happens when a ruling class treats constitutional limits, national borders, and economic reality as inconveniences. Iranians are demanding accountable government, an end to corrupt elites, and a stop to wasting national wealth on ideological projects overseas. Those are the same instincts that fuel demands here for secure borders, sound money, and leaders who put their own citizens first.