The Collapse of Iran’s Theocracy: Inside the Slow Military Coup

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The Islamic Republic is fracturing from the inside out, triggering a dangerous power struggle between the ruling mullahs and the IRGC military apparatus. In this deep-dive analysis, we break down the elite civil war tearing Iran apart, from the sudden weaponization of internet access to the escalating threats of a "double uprising" where hardcore regime loyalists and secular dissidents alike threaten the supreme leadership. With the radical Paydari camp invoking Quranic verses to delegitimize Mojtaba Khamenei and rumors swirling that deep-state "Grand Vizier" Hossein Taeb is pulling the strings from the shadows, Iran is rapidly transitioning from a theocracy to a volatile military dictatorship. We explore why the regime fears its own radical jihadi base more than external forces, how President Pezeshkian is being set up as the ultimate scapegoat for Western negotiations, and what this "slow coup of the boots against the turbans" means for the collapse of the regime.